Alcohol? 18 or 21?

I decided to compare two articles concerning the legal drinking age in the United States of America. Since under-age drinking is a big debate in America, I thought it be interesting to look at and understand both sides of the issue.

The first article I read comes from CNN and talks about how the legal drinking age of 21 is able to save many countless lives and is necessary for America to have. The article talks about the history of under-age drinking and the consequences that have arrived from it. Recently over 100 college presidents have started to question whether the legal drinking age should be 21 or not. The article takes examples from how New Zealand has reently lowered there drinking age and the result has been a wide-spread of vehicle accidents which furthers justifies the legal drinking age of 21.

The second article comes from CNN also and discusses how the drinking age of 21 just doesn't work at all. The article talks about how in the past legislation decided to change the legal drinking age to 21, but did so without even teaching the young how to prepare for alcohol consumption and its effects. The second article stresses the point of drinking in a controlled envornement and one where people have knowledge of alcohol to limit its effects and what not. It talks about how even in the college environment, students are still able to get there hands on alcohol.

After reading the articles my opinion on legalizing the drinking age to 18 still remains the same. I still think that having the legal drinking age at 21 just makes younger people more eager to dirnk and when they do they go all out. The more young people are prepared for drinking and alcohol the less they will want to do so, because eventually it'll just be an activity where they get tired of because they can do it so easily.