Persuasive Essay- rough draft

Today in the United States, it seems as though many teenagers are finding themselves with nasty hangovers in the mornings. The alcohol consumption by people under the age of 21 is very high at this point, and the government is trying to find a way to slow this down. Minnesota is one of the four states to consider lowering the drinking age to eighteen. However, one should consider the possible outcomes of this; will it actually prevent teens from binge drinking or will it only make things worse?
The only reason people are able to argue that the drinking age of 21 is too high, is because eighteen year olds can be deployed to Iraq for active duty. Their argument is, if young people can die in a war, why they are prevented from having a beer when off duty. In many minds that is a legitimate reason for young adults to be able to drink. However, taking all the dangerous situations into perspective, would show how this is a bad decision.
The major problem is how much teens already drink. The age that teens start drinking seems to be getting younger and younger. By lowering the drinking age, those young teens are going to assume it is alright to start at a younger age. Just because the legal age would be eighteen, doesn’t mean kids are going to wait a few more years to start drinking. The teens that are around the age eighteen will be more eager to binge drink.
Another scary situation that will occur if the drinking age is lowered to eighteen is the amount of people who drink and drive. Too many tragic accidents happen every year already. Innocent people walking on the street, or driving down the high way, are killed because of someone making a poor decision to drive home after drinking. If we allow eighteen year olds to legally drink, more people will be driving while intoxicated and putting others at risk. Statistics from an article state, “...the number of drunken drivers under age 21 involved in fatal crashes decreased by 61 percent from 1982 to 1998.” (State’s drinking age should remain 21). By keeping the drinking age at 21, many lives will be saved.
An additional fact that will arise would be the people who become alcoholics. Concerning the drinking age, people would start drinking at a younger age, and would drink more. This would lead to alcoholism. The maturity level from age eighteen to twenty-one is an extreme difference. Although eighteen year olds are considered adults, they are not as responsible as they should be to handle themselves while intoxicated. Making it legal for them to do so, would just make our society worse.
When one is considering what the proper drinking age should be, they should think about the possible outcomes that will happen. This will not prevent teens from the amount of alcohol they already consume; it would just give them a better reason to consume it. And as far as the young people fighting in war goes…Life just isn’t always fair.