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The Reduction Of The Drinking Age

            
             It is my personal belief that the drinking age should be reduced to eighteen years old. The current drinking laws are not working and are the cause of more damage then they actually prevent. The majority of under age drinkers do so irresponsibly and a large part of this is due to the fact that drinking is viewed as a form of rebellion against the government and authority. Because the current drinking age is not working, our nation needs to change its present approach to the situation in order to promote safer drinking rather then prohibition for young adults.
             As a nation we tried prohibition in order to solve drinking problems, in fact it was tried on two separate occasions and it only created more problems. Prohibition was unenforceable and produced new social problems. These prohibition laws failed and were soon repealed. It seems to me that the drinking laws are still failing today and encourage young adults to drink irresponsibly. .
             Often college students will overindulge; this is known as "binge" drinking, which is drinking five or more drinks in succession. This is potentially dangerous and can cause alcohol poisoning which can be fatal in some cases. The proper term for alcohol poisoning is acute alcohol intoxication and hundreds of people die from this each year. These unfortunate deaths could be prevented by educating young adults about the dangers of alcohol and teaching them safer and more mature methods of drinking. With a lower drinking age, young adults and college students could drink in safer and controlled environments rather then the common methods of drinking that take place, which are often foolish and immature. .
             Responsible drinking could easily be taught at a young age through role modeling, educational programs and even right at home by parents. Of course no such programs will start until the drinking age is reduced. Money spent on enforcing drinking age laws could easily be put to better use by creating education programs for young adults, teaching them the "Dos and Don'ts" of drinking.


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