Leagal Drinking Age

There are many arguments in favor of changing the drinking age back to eighteen, but the facts show that drinking alcohol is a large responsibility for an eighteen-year-old to handle. In 1980 the government raised the drinking age to twenty-one, because the number of drunk driving accidents was causing many teen-age deaths. The young adults of America considered this law a second prohibition. The main objective of the law was to make the young people happier, healthier, and safer (Smith & Smith 1). Because, this law was viewed as a revival of prohibition, it was not widely accepted by the public, and some states were hesitant to pass the new law. Despite the opposition, the government pursued the passage of the law and offered states benefits for their cooperation. Some of these be

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