Implications Post

Topically, the issue of the drinking age doesn’t appear to have any world-altering implications. No countries will be blown up nor will the world end if this issue isn’t solved. Sometimes, however, the death of a family member does feel like the world ending to some people. This is, in the end, what is at risk with drinking age: the safety of teens.

Like I’ve discussed in all of my blogs, teens binge drink to defy the rules set up for them by the government. If you’d like to learn more about my argument as to why the drinking age should be lowered, just scroll on down. Lord knows there’s hundreds of sentences devoted to it. As I outline in those posts, the danger of underage drinking does not come with the alcohol consumption itself, just the lack of responsibility and safety that should come with it. If the idea of underage drinking is shunned by society like it is today, kids will go on being uneducated and unaware of the repercussions of their actions. Binge drinking is where the real danger comes in here, and without appropriate education that trend will continue. If this problem goes unsolved the teenage generation will continue using alcohol inappropriately and therefore endanger their own lives and the lives of others.