Drinking_Driving

Drinking Driving Drinking Age Limit I. A. HOOK A-1. Everyone knows that it is illegal to consume alcohol until the age of 21 in the United States. Many people are in agreement with this legal restriction. Some would even say that it should be raised. However, the legal drinking age sometimes causes more problems then it prevents. B. I am here today to persuade you that drinking age limit should be lowered. C. Why' Because we care. We care about people who abuse alcohol and in that way harm themselves, their families, and innocent people around them. II. A. First, it is necessary to question this law. Why is 21 the “magical” age that makes one intelligent and mature enough to consume alcohol' Surely, some adults abuse alcohol and some teenagers in this ver room would be perfectly able to drink responsibly. Why not 18 or 35 or 40' At 18, people are considered adults. It may seem unfair to many observers to allow 18-20 year olds to marry, to have children, to own cars, homes, pay taxes, vote, fly planes, risk their lives in the armed forces own firearms and to be financially and socially independent, and yet to be legally drinking, age, alcohol, drink, stop, limit, lowered, kids, abuse, 18, 16, teenagers, should, people, know, about, teach, safe, problems, problem, one, allowed, way, think, themselves, something, own, now, make, legal, least, just, instead, gradually, even, drive