E.+Persuasive+Research+Essay

“In 2005 20% of motor vehicle accidents were linked to alcohol use word wide” (Room). Most of these accidents happen within younger drinkers. This 20% is just for motor accidents, so imagine how many deaths that there could be. The drinking age should be raised because people are still irresponsible at twenty –one, there will be less drinking related deaths, and there would be a less chance of drinking addiction. At the age of twenty-one people are either in college or still in a party stage. In both situations, there is normally a lot of drinking and also drinking games. In college there are many people who are under the age of twenty-one and thought it was okay for them to drink because their twenty-one year old friends do it. The twenty-one year old finds no problem with this and allow them to drink. “ The study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that on New Year’s day 2009, there were an estimated 1,980 U.S. emergency department visits involving underage drinking, compared with546 such visits on average day that year” “A 16-year-old Kempsville High school varsity baseball player lost his life early Sunday morning, March 7,when a the car he was riding in ran off the road and hit a tree in the Pleasant Point section of Virginia Beach” (Brannon). This was all due to drunk driving. What happened to this boy should never happen again. The boy is literally dead and the driver is dead because he will be in jail for the rest of his life. Raising the drinking age will make everything better. As for the two boys, they will be greatly missed. In 2004 people who are in the age range of 18-21, 15.1% of them use alcohol heavy. The heavier someone drinks is more likely for them to get a drinking addiction. This age range has the highest percentage. These people are not old enough to control themselves around alcohol. This is why they should lower the drinking age. People think that the drinking age should stay the same or be lowered because they think it will help them out in the future. Drinking at a younger age will not help them out in the future. It will just cause health problems and they will never learn how to drink in moderation. The drinking age should be raised because people are still irresponsible at twenty –one, there will be less drinking related deaths, and there would be a less chance of drinking addiction.