People use alcohol for numerous reasons; peer pressure, celebration, anxiety, sadness, boredom, rebellion and insomnia are just a few. Teens fall under the category of “people”. The legal drinking age is currently twenty-one, but illegally drinking age is as low as zero. Why? Is the main question asked. I can assure you the under age drinking age percentage would drop if the age is lowered.
Few reasons for teens drinking are: peer pressure, enjoyment, etc. But the main reason for doing so is “breaking the law.” 87% of high school seniors have used alcohol. That means that a large quantity of teens under the age of seventeen to eighteen have used alcohol before. We all know why teens drink, I mean is common since. Just the feel that they get of breaking the law is huge. Being rebel and not following the rules is an important role of a teen’s life. Consequences are the one that change them, but we don’t want them to experience the consequences of being under the influence of alcohol because we know them and they are fatal. Dying in a car accident and killing others is a mess that we don’t want to clean.
Despite the fact that is illegal for young teens to purchase it, they are able to get it through their parent’s own liquor cabinets, unscrupulous store clerks, or older friends who purchase it for them. As we all see, is not hard for teens to obtain alcohol. Why not lower the drinking age then? I mean any way you put it, they are getting it.
Few reasons for teens drinking are: peer pressure, enjoyment, etc. But the main reason for doing so is “breaking the law.” 87% of high school seniors have used alcohol. That means that a large quantity of teens under the age of seventeen to eighteen have used alcohol before. We all know why teens drink, I mean is common since. Just the feel that they get of breaking the law is huge. Being rebel and not following the rules is an important role of a teen’s life. Consequences are the one that change them, but we don’t want them to experience the consequences of being under the influence of alcohol because we know them and they are fatal. Dying in a car accident and killing others is a mess that we don’t want to clean.
Despite the fact that is illegal for young teens to purchase it, they are able to get it through their parent’s own liquor cabinets, unscrupulous store clerks, or older friends who purchase it for them. As we all see, is not hard for teens to obtain alcohol. Why not lower the drinking age then? I mean any way you put it, they are getting it.
9 comments:
we can't stop making rules for assuring that rules are not broken..
Teens indulging in drinking and smoking cannot be stopped by decreasing the age limits
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Teens consume alcohol whenever they want,they get it in one or other way, so i agree that drinking age should be minimised in India. Even in Pubs,it is seen that too many teens are engaged in to drinking habits.
yes it should be minimized as teens used it often.They will consume it whenever wherever they want so restriction don't matter to them.
I completely agree with you Ashish Pasrija..Drinking age should be minimised in India as teens will start consuming alcohol in a legal way
yes drinking age should be minimized...as who so ever of any age want to consume it will definitely consume it either from one source or other and no pubs no bars follow these rules
It wont make any difference by minimizing the boozing age...if people want to do it they will do it.
todays youth if had followed rules we dint require any kind of traffic police... no stop to it can be made
restriction or freedom cant stop the crime..
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