Mediating the Drinking Age Debate Kevin Johnson. The drinking age Changed from 19 to 21 in 1984 Must be 21 to drink or purchase alcohol anywhere in the.

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Mediating the Drinking Age Debate Kevin Johnson

The drinking age Changed from 19 to 21 in 1984 Must be 21 to drink or purchase alcohol anywhere in the United States

Reasons for change Underground drinking by underage teens Results in binge drinking and the drinking for the thrill of breaking the law Can vote, smoke, get married, sign contracts and join the military at age 18

Reasons for change cont. In Oregon, 17-20% of all alcohol sold is to minors $71 million dollars spent on underage drinking programs and enforcement by U.S. government College presidents sending letters to lawmakers asking them to reconsider lowering the age Highest drinking age in the world

Reasons to stay at 21 Alcohol is a known depressant Teens get drunk twice as fast as adults do Results in 70,000 sexual assaults each year by college students Crashes have decreased 16% since the change Before change, underage drinkers were involved in over twice as many fatal traffic crashes as they are today

Reasons to stay cont. More vulnerable to drug abuse, unprotected sex, and depression Higher chance of academic failure Inhibits growth of brain 11 American teens die every day from crashes that involve alcohol

Mediation Change the drinking age to 19 Age demographic for drinking and driving accidents went from to with the age change Educate teens on drinking Keeps alcohol out of high schools Takes away thrill of breaking the law for most college students (more normalized process) Money spent on enforcing the underage drinking law goes to educating teens monitoring drinking and driving

Conclusion The law isn’t stopping underage drinking and now is the time for change.

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