legal drinking age

Question
Hi his is mazin, a student at University of Caterbury.Im doing a research about legal drinking age. Could you please answer this question, should legal drinking age be increased or decreased and why?  


Answer
Mazin,



In my opinion the legal age is fine

if set at the age a person is considered

an adult.

My reasons are that up until that time

the parents are responsible for

the discipline of their children.



There is no argument for lowering

the drinking age below the "adult"

age group. It gets too complicated

to sort out who is living like

an adult and who is not.



I think the usual age a person

becomes responsible for themself

is the best recourse for

setting the legal drinking limit.



Raising the drinking age has no

basis in my mind. Alcohol problems

are not age related. They are

due to individual choices and

possibly genetic influences in

regard to alcoholism.



I think it is more important

to provide information about

alcohol as an addictive chemical

substance to people of legal

drinking age.



You can not prohibit drinking

with laws but with education

and awareness programs.

Lowering or raising the drinking

age does little to prevent a

determined person from obtaining

alcohol illegally.



It is much better to provide

everyone with knowledge of

alcohols dangers and also

have programs for helping

those that want to get

help when experiencing problems

with alcohol.



Responsibility begins with

the individual, we need to

inform people to be responsible

or face the consequences of their

failure to do so.



The negative consequences of

problem drinking are well documented.

There are legal, moral, financial

and health problems involved.

Raising or lowering drinking

age is not going to affect

people's desire to take

responsibility for their

own behaviour.

Only good parenting, life experience

and education can accomplish that.

Some good roles models in society

don't hurt either.



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