Why the drinking age should not be changed from 21 to 18

(Kiesbye 2008 . If drinking starts at the age of 18 when a person is ending his or her educational life than it might affect on his grades which might lead to his professional success at later stages of life . The second reason is the behavior of a person , immaturity brings the factor of curiosity and anxiousness if a person starts drinking at an age of 18 he or she might drink more than required just to cross boundaries and for excitement reasons (Wechsler and Wuethrich , 2003 . This might display in his or her

behavior after drinking resulting in an unusual behavior by the person . This behavior might lead to illegal actions or actions that might be unethical to the society hence it is more viable to legalize drinking as late as possible in for a person to be mature and sensible enough to realize what is wrong and what is right . The third reason to keep the drinking age to be 21 is the fact that if a person starts something at an immature stage it leads to addiction . A habit carried from childhood is impossible to leave as compared to habits that are adopted after the maturity age (Solohub 2006 . A person might get addicted to alcohol if started at an earlier age

Conclusion

In the end I would like to state that the drinking age should remain at 21 and changing it to 18 would not be a very good action if assessed in light of the above mentioned factors . Apart from this drinking should be practiced at social occasion and should not be made a habit as the damages caused by drinking to the health of the person might not be felt initially but do affect a person in his later stages of life Bibliography

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