Lower The Drinking Age There is no denying that there is a problem in our country with underage drinking, and that something must be done about it. We have already tried raising the drinking age to 21 and have become stricter with underage drinkers. Ever since the legal drinking age was raised to 21 (in 1987) there has been an increase in “binge drinking” as well as an increase in problems related to heavy and irresponsible drinking. (www.…showed first 75 words of 913 total…

…showed last 75 words of 913 total…As you can see from the reasons stated in this paper, the drinking age is not effective and is actually counterproductive. It forces many youths to make drinking a secret affair, and consequently not learn safe and responsible drinking habits. It is my opinion, as well as the opinion of many other people, that the most effective way to create more responsible alcohol consumption among youths is to lower the legal drinking age to eighteen.