Underage Drinking

Dr . Bates

102 .103

Essay 3 : Cultural Critique Argument

Competency : Reading , Writing , Researching , Documenting , Technology

10 December 2008

Underage Drinking and Lowering the Drinking Age

America 's problem with underage drinking needs a powerful and result -driven solution . Teen alcohol abuse is out of control and leads to unnecessary and abundant deaths and imprisonment among teens . College 's campuses are a large center for underage drinking and some college presidents and other authoritative figures are seeking to solve this problem by lowering the drinking age in America . However , lowering

the drinking age from twenty-one to eighteen is a bad policy because it would only lead to increased alcohol-related traffic accidents and teen imprisonment

A cultural issue in need of evaluation is the lack of adult attention to the problem of drinking and driving . Too many parents believe that the issue has been resolved for teens and that the awareness of drinking and driving catastrophes is understood . These parents believe that their example or discussion on the issue is no longer necessary . However according to SADD (Students Agains Destructive Decisions and Students Against Driving Drunk , teens whose parents talk with them about driving behaviors are more likely to say that their parents influence their driving behaviors (Acton 2 . This could mean that parents who do not discuss the subject with their teen , are increasing the chances that their teen will drink and drive . Based on data from the National Center for Health Statistics , the highest cause of death between 15- to...