Binge Drinking

Kids today enjoy the idea of getting drunk and wasted. Underaged drinking is increasing as the seconds go by. The question is, should America lower the drinking age to 18? It's an easy answer, no. The idea of having a law for drinking is for safety. The drinking age needs to stay in effect.

More kids are dying because of alcohol. Just in the past five years, at our school alone, have had 7 student drink-related fatalities. If you give alcohol to a teenager, they are not going to be responsible with it. The will take advantage of the idea of having alcohol and down the road can cause a life or death situation.

Another reason for not changing the age is because of addiction. It has clearly been researched that the more underaged kids who drink will become addicted to the product and die. Addiction is a hard thing to get over. Kids are not ready to have those responsibilities.

Another idea what I want to hit on is responsibility. Teenagers say, well when I am 18 I am considered an adult. But in reality, at 18 teenagers will be only starting to receive the lessons in life to become an adult. I consider alcohol a great power. Someone once said,"Great power comes great responsibilty." I will stand behind that statement 100%. It's so true. Teenagers will not be able to control the power of alcohol.

The government is deciding on lowering the drinking age to 18. If the government proceeds with this new law, it will only start more chaos, more addictions, and more death.