Ms. Soumis
English Comp 101
10.8.06
A Closer Look From the Other Side Of the Bottle
By federal law, no person under the age of twenty-one years old may consume, obtain or possess alcohol. On July 17, 1984 legislation passed to change the drinking age from eighteen to a more mature twenty-one years old. The legislation was passed due to careless teens driving under the influence and numerous deaths due to alcohol. MADD or Mothers Against Drunk Driving was created in the early part of the 1980's by a mother whose son was killed by a drunk driver ( Tucker 12 ). MADD was very consistent in persuading the American public to pass legislation to increase the current drinking age which at the time was only a mere eighteen. But does increasing the drinking age three years really make the roads or society safer? Couldn’t teens still obtain and drink alcohol even when they are under the age of twenty-one? What is stopping those millions of teens in high school and college......
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