1.  Robert Washington 8 th Period

3.  A lot of lives been saved thanks to limiting the drinking age to the minimum of 21.  This legal age, continues to prevent terrible things from happening.

4.  Youth having accidents that they regret like fatal traffic crashes.  Some youth drink and just don’t know when to stop they become young alcoholics.

5.  Alcohol can give the youth liver poisoning.  Alcohol is bad for ones kidney and can make you gain weight.  Alcohol can give you amnesia and give you massive headaches.

6.  A lot of accidents happens when drinking irresponsibly. (rape, fights, and etc).  That’s why the age is 21 because you can be held accountable of your on decisions.

7.  Drinking at an young age can affect academic performance.  The earlier the youth drink the worsen that youth suffer negative physical withdrawal symptoms.

8.  Teen blackout and wound up somewhere new.  Teen get poison and have hangovers they become very ill.

9.  The problem of identifying the optimum minimum drinking age to reduce alcohol is a serious one. It involves issues of freedom, responsibility, parental rights, religious politics and many more.

10.  “Drinking age.” should the drinking age be lowered from 21 to a younger age. 11/29/2010. 12/2/2010<http://drinking age. procon. org /  “madd-why21.”adressing underage drinking. 2002. 12/1/2010.<http://www.madd.org/underage- drinking/why21/  “minimum legal drinking ages around the world.” the legal drinking age for different countries varies dramatically. From zero to 21, as seen in the following table. 1997-2009. 12/1/2010.<www2.potsdam.edu/nansondj/legaldrin king age. html