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The drinking age and driving age are as controversial in "these parts" as the Roe V. Wade in Southern Texas.
The drinking age must be lowered or altered in some way. It is an outdated way for the national government to control the states. They do this by revoking federal money intended for states to use for their high way systems. If the state of say Wisconsin chose to lower their drinking age from 21 to 18 then the federal government would not give them millions of dollars in federal grants. While the federal government decided the age of 21, look who decided this law. The drinking age was finalized in the 1980's and was decided by a bunch of old congressmen who were afraid of the radical backlash of the 1960's and early 70's. They acted out of fear. IN CONTRAST, every other MDC's (more developed country) drinking age is lower than the U.S. Given that many MDC's are in Europe and most don't have enforced drinking ages, still the U.S.'s is higher than countries like Australia, China, Algeria, Morocco, and Canada. These countries have similar amounts of crime, yet their drinking age is still less than the U.S. There is no correlation between alcohol and crime. Then the legislators claim that there's more drunk driving in those countries. Well that is not totally true (some of the countries are LDC's and cannot afford cars). In the news nearly everyday I hear, 19 drives off the road and kills 3, alcohol suspicions. Or I hear famous star (cough cough shia labouf) pulled over and blows a 1.3 BAL. The U.S.'s level is not that much lower, and the accidents are often more deadly.
The people that are dying in these accidents are not 30 something year olds, but rather they are usually teens. Teens are statistically more likely to drink and drive than other age groups. Of course I've heard many stories of underage drinking, and it is a true epidemic. Underage drinking is terrible, and is the most often cited for why the drinking age is 21. However, if teens are getting alcohol at an unprecendented rate, how can they claim the law is working. At a school near by a teen drove drunk coming home from a prom after party and crashed into a tree, killing his three passangers. This is not a problem in one city, region, or state. This outdated law needs to be changed.
While the law is a problem and i'll address it a little later, the American culture glamorizes alcohol. Beer comercials are on constantly, at all hours. I saw a beer comercial on during a kids show on ABC. Alcohol is treated as a right of way for Americans. Also, it is looked at like it's the holy grail. Something that teens cannot have, yet it makes them a "real man". Something that will make you have a great time, yet teens cannot have it. American cultures creates this aloof attitude making bored teens want it.
Now for some assessment. The drinking age needs to be lowered. Most likely to 18. However, more importantly the American culture needs to stop glamorizing this drug. Another aspect of this situation is that alcohol needs to stop being a taboo family topic. Families need to teach teens and kids how to drink in an acceptable manner (for example not to binge). When this happens and the laws are changed, Americans will begin to see a different.