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Archive for the ‘Legal Drinking Age’ Category« Older EntriesLegal Drinking Age Debate – What Age Should Alcohol Consumption Be Legal?Posted on Sep 27, 2010
Currently there is a debate in the country brewing to change the age when someone can drink alcoholic beverages legally. What age should alcohol consumption be legal? Using To Mark MilestonesWhen a child becomes 13 in America it is considered a milestone; it marks the onset of the teenage years. 16 is another milestone because it is the time in most states when a teenager can drive a car and in many states they can legally marry. 18 is the last of the teenage years when it becomes legal to marry in most states, vote in national elections, volunteer for military service and it is the legal definition of an adult. This marks the time when children become legally responsible for their actions in American society. This is when they are considered adults. Current Legal Drinking AgeThe legal drinking age in the U.S. is 21 years old. It was raised to this level nationally in the 1980s. This was because of a law called the National Minimum Age Drinking Act, was passed by congress and signed into law in the 80s. It forced states that had lower legal drinking ages to raises the legal drinking age or be threatened with the reduction of highway funds provided by the federal government. When Is Mature Mature?The main thrust of the debate is when a person is mature enough to be able to drink alcohol responsibly and can almost arbitrary number predict when someone has reach this level of maturity or can reasonably be considered mature. At what age is someone mature enough to be able to alter their consciousness and still be able to make good decisions? Sounds like an oxymoron doesn’t it? Does the fact that your consciousness has been altered almost automatically mean that you have lost the ability to make mature decisions? Opponents Say Binge Drinking Need to be RegulatedSome argue that the drinking age should be kept at 21 because of binge drinking. Binge drinking is currently being reported in the media as reaching alarming levels recently. Binge drinking is used as evidence that those below the age of 18 are just too immature to be allowed to make a decision about their consciousness. Proponents Say Binge Drinking Needs To Be RegulatedWhile on the other side of the debate those proponents of lowering the drinking age use the increase in binge drinking as evidence that the legal drinking age should be lowered. They say that because the legal drinking age is 21 it promotes binge drinking because the prohibition forces underage drinkers to drink in places without regulation. Should The Legal Drinking Age Be The Debate?Both arguments seem rather circular in their logic and it seems to the clear thinkers that the ultimate societal concern should be why society produces so many people that need their consciousness altered by a chemical substance alcohol or otherwise just to be able to function socially. Drinking Debate Continuing InfinitesWhat needs to be examined is not the arbitrary age or mythical maturity level which allows a person to be able to drink responsibly but what is wrong with us that we need to drink responsibly at all and until this is understood this circular debate can continue until the age is lowered, than after a few decades raised, then lowered again when someone comes along with a better sounding speech or argument. Until the scientific or societal cause is determined nothing will really be solved at all. Legal Drinking AgeNo Comments »Alcohol Consumption Legal Drinking AgeLegal Drinking Age by US StatePosted on Sep 02, 2009
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