Lowering the Drinking Age: A Means of Teen Death For several years the drinking age in the United States has been 21, and now some think it is time to lower the drinking age to 18. This is a very foolish plan for a variety of reasons .In 1984, Congress passed the National Minimum Purchase Age Act, to encourage each state to make a minimum legal purchase age (MLPA) of 21 by 1986. The results were overwhelming 1,071 lives were saved …showed first 75 words of 830 total…

…showed last 75 words of 830 total…a drunk driving accident we should keep the drinking age right where it is. The only effects of lowering the drinking age would be negative. I’m shore in the beginning 18-20 year olds would be happy and not many people would complain until teenagers started getting addicted, hurt, or killed. If we all know the result of what’s going to happen if we lower the drinking age, for heavens sake people lets not.