Legal Drinking Age Be Lowered to 18

RESOLVED: At present the minimum legal drinking age of 21 years of age is controlled by the federal government by means of federal highway funds. This strips states of their right to self-govern and the higher MLDA is inconsistent with other rights allowed 18-year-olds.

PRO: In favor of lowering the minimum legal drinking age to 18 years of age

Premise 1: studies showing a decline in alcoholic incidents are misleading

Premise 2: the current law is not deterring under age drinking

Premise 3: the minimum legal drinking age of 21 years is socially unjust

Premise 4: it is now a political rather than a social issue

The minimum legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 years of age to reinstate individual and states' rights.

The debate over the minimum legal drinking age can be heard on campuses and in state legislative halls...
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