Legal Drinking Age Good to Increase or Decreased?

By Breeonna Werner

The question for a long time is whether or not the drinking age should be increased or decreased. It could either be good or bad; depending on how you look at it. Many people believe that if you are old enough to go to war for your country, than you should be able to drink alcohol at 18 years old. Others may strongly disagree. What good could come out of decreasing it? Would it be pure chaos, and more DUIs, or would it make people be more

responsible since at 18 you are an adult? What good could come out of increasing it?

In other countries drinking at a young age, is very acceptable, because it has to do with their culture.

In Germany it is legal to drink alcohol at the age of 16.

People in the Military fight for our country. So would it be reasonable to allow them to have an ice cold beer if they pleased?

In some research, doctors have suggested that the human brain is still growing into your 20’s and can be very detrimental to someone’s health that is underage. It can cause mental illness as well.

Making the wrong choice, such as drinking and driving puts yourself as well as others at risk. A lot of the younger generation doesn’t think about the consequences of drinking and driving.

People need to think about drinking before getting behind the wheel, regardless of the drinking age. Drinking and getting behind the wheel, is never okay.