Should Alcoholic Beverages Be Legalized For All Ages

Should alcoholic beverages be legalized for all ages?

Drink, drink, drink! This is what represents “adulthood” for 18 years old. But if they can’t maintain a righteous attitude in sober, I cannot imagine them drunk. So why they want to legalized the alcoholic beverages? Teenager just don't have the mental faculties to say it is probably not a good idea to do ten shots of Jaeger just becauseat this age they’re still trying to "be cool" and "fit in." They really don’t think in the effects of abusing of this kind of beverages. Not even the adults can control themselves to not become heavy drinkers, less likely the young ones. I think that the government should rise the legal purchase age.
First of all, the 73 percent of car accidents in Puerto Rico it’s because of the alcohol.Cars accidents are the first cause of death among teenager between 15 and 24 years. The alcohol is the cause of an average of 1/3 for the fatal accidents in teenagers from 16 to 19. A little bit of alcohol in the blood could cause that the driver does not respond as the same way he should respond. The young drivers have 1.5 more probability to have a car crash after drinking just one or twocups. And almost 3 more time of possibility to have a fatal car crash after drinking 3 or more cups. And why this is happening? Because they have easy access to the alcohol.
Therefore, there has been an increase in some problems related to heavy and irresponsible drinking among college age youth. In the states, most of these reported behaviors showed little change until after the 21 year old lawin 1987. For example from 1982 until 1987 about 46% of students reported "vomiting after drinking." this jumped to over 50% after the law change. An significant increase were also found for other things like: "cutting class after drinking" goes from 9% to almost 12%; "missing class because of hangover" went from 26% to 28%; "getting lower grade because of drinking" go from 5% to 7%; and "beenin a fight after drinking" increased from 12% to 17%. All of these behaviors are indices of irresponsible drinking. This increase in abusive drinking behavior is cause for "underground drinking" outside of adult supervision in student rooms and apartments were same ages individuals congregate and because of lack of knowledge of responsible drinking behaviors. Like I mention before, young adultsdon’t have the maturity to drink alone before, at least, 25 years old.
Now, what a parents and young drinkers have to say about this? “A recently launched initiative by many university presidents calling for open discussion on lowering the drinking age is a threat to public health and safety”, Mothers Against Drunk Driving leaders said. At its national conference, MADD hosted a paneldiscussion called "Why 21?" to discuss the movement to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18. Discussion centered on the Amethyst Initiative, a statement launched in July and signed by 130 university presidents asking elected officials to reconsider the drinking age and seek ways to educate young adults on the uses of alcohol, according to its Web site. Chuck Hurley, chief executive officer of MADD,said he believes that the initiative is little more than a cry for help by university presidents frustrated by their inability to get a handle on the problem of underage drinking on campuses."I think the initiative has become an embarrassment to the presidents who signed it." Mr. Hurley said.
MADD president Laura Dean-Mooney said the list of universities whose presidents have signed on to theinitiative is useful for another reason; those are schools she won't allow her daughter to attend. But Dr. Louis J. Agnese Jr., president of the University of the Incarnate Word and among those who signed the initiative, said the issue partly boils down to fairness. “It's not fair that youths who are old enough to die for their country do not have the right to drink alcohol until age 21”, he said...