This essay is about the controvesy over the minimum drinking age. This essay argues that it should not be lowered to 18 from 21.

When alcohol abuse becomes a problem for teenagers that is when the problem has gone too far. The possibility of even more children in high school with habits of alcohol use and abuse is absolutely unacceptable. Even more children dying from alcohol related car crashes, homicides and alcohol poisoning is outrageous. Children becoming heavy drinkers and later alcoholics cannot be allowed. For safety reasons and the welfare of all teenagers, the legal drinking age should …

…Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Therefore the nation is full of teens drinking and driving, destroying their brains and thought process, and getting addicted to alcohol. With the statistics bad enough as they are, it should not be a thought about lowering the legal drinking age. It is very simple. The lower the legal drinking age, the more children will drink and at a younger age. Thus, the drinking age should not be lowered to 18 from 21.