Lower the Drinking Age By Emill Feratovic. Goals Explain to the class what citizens of The United States are legally allowed to do at the age of 18 Inform.

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Lower the Drinking Age By Emill Feratovic

Goals Explain to the class what citizens of The United States are legally allowed to do at the age of 18 Inform the class about specific statistics about drinking legally and underage Persuade the class to agree that the drinking age should be lowered.

Did you know… You have the possibility of losing your leg before you can legally drink a beer

Introduction In the United States, you are not legally allowed to consume or buy alcohol until you are 21 years of age.

Point of Interest Since, 21 is the legal drinking age, underage drinking has become worse and more dangerous. This is from the Minimum Legal Drinking Age, Pros and Cons article.

At the Age of 18 You are legally allowed to vote, join the military, and have a job. How many of you drink or have tried alcohol? (if you are underage please do not answer)

Facts About Drinking In 2012, 87.6% of teens 18+ have reported to try alcohol once. This is from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Why Should the Drinking Age be Lowered? You are legally allowed to vote at the age of 18. You can join the military and fight for our country What age group do you feel has the highest percent of fatalities with drunk driving?

Maturity of Teens Ages have a total of 34% has a total of 31% has a total of 25% This is all from Drunk Driving and DUI Statistics posted on avvo.com.

Drunk Driving with Teens Drunk Driving incidents has decreased for underage drinkers. Total number of fatalities due to drunk drivers is 10,332. This was found from the Advancing Alcohol Responsibility Foundation.

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Summary At the age of 18, teens are allowed to have a job, drive, vote and join the military. Maturity is not an issue for the teens since drunk driving incidents has decreased by a huge percent Safety for the teens is extremely important and drinking can be monitored better if the drinking age is lowered.

In Conclusion The way of lowering the drinking age is by spreading the word. Just a reminder; if the drinking age is lowered, teens will be drinking in safer environments rather than drinking in a hidden area.

Works Cited NIAA (2014). Alcohol Facts and Statistics Griggs, Brandon (2014). Should the U.S. lower its drinking age? Avvo.com (2014). Drunk Driving and DUI Statistics CNN.com (2014). Cable News Network Century Council (2014). Underage Drunk Driving Fatalities