Would lowering the drinking age to 18 cause more auto accidents?
Lowered drinking age of 18 would prove detrimental Serious health issues and an increase in car accidents may result from a lowered drinking age Posted Fri Sept. 26, 12:45:05 PDT 2008 BY JUNE AFSHAR OF THE CAMPANILE KIM NOBLE Top universities are pushing for the drinking age to be lowered to 18 years old. However, some say lowering the drinking age is a mistake for it would create a rise in youth alcohol-related accidents. The legal age at which one is permitted to consume alcohol in the United States has been at age 21 since 1984 when the National Minimum Drinking Age Act became a law. In the past few months, roughly 100 of the most prestigious U.S. colleges’ presidents have signed a petition to Congress in an attempt to reduce the legal drinking age from 21 to 18. However, reducing the drinking age to 18 would cause more harm than good — not only to college students, but also to high school students who would subsequently have easier access to alcohol. Among the colleges in favor of
