In the present day, the United States of America has a minimum legal drinking age of 18 (or 19) in every State of the Union, in like with Europe, Latin America, China, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and most other countries.
According to my political science professor (a graduate student at OU during the implementation of the 21 y/o drinking age) the MADD data was based on a statistical outlier. Essentially, the trend of drunk driving deaths had gone done steadily from the 1960's due to increases in car safety except for one year. MADD latched onto this and essentially, as a result of a "think of the children"-esque misrepresentation of the data convinced congress to pass the law.
Depending on how true that is, one would need to be able to show the error in MADD's drunk driving deaths to reduce the pressure they could put on Washington to get the law passed.
Get people out there and spread the word in favor of doing so.How could in the future the Drinking Age be lowered to the same age as "Age of Majority" 18.
And another thing is though unlike the US, Europe is culturally different when it comes to things especially alcohol.
For all we know it even very possible for the age of majority to be even lowered from 18 in the future due to advances in technology and society. However there the problem with the age of majority though. Your doesn't really stop developing until your mid 20's and some even argue it doesn't stop until your 30's. In other words even 21 year olds are still questioning themselves as well when it comes to responsibility and such.How could in the future the Drinking Age be lowered to the same age as "Age of Majority" 18.
Unfortunately yes... But then same happened to other places like Australia and Canada too.The culture of the US on drinking today isn't the culture of the US on drinking in the say 50s or 60s.
One of the biggest media and public efforts in US history unintentionally moved America towards binge drinking and away from socially drinking.
For all we know it even very possible for the age of majority to be even lowered from 18 in the future due to advances in technology and society. However there the problem with the age of majority though. Your doesn't really stop developing until your mid 20's and some even argue it doesn't stop until your 30's. In other words even 21 year olds are still questioning themselves as well when it comes to responsibility and such.
Because back in ancient times and even into the early 1900's, the concept of being a teenager really didn't exist. They pretty much believed you were a child and then an adult. And lets say your parents died and you got no financial inheritance from them, well tough shit because society back in those days believed that 10 year olds and 12 year olds were miniature adults.
So regardless the age of majority really doesn't imply when it comes to your brain development. I mean you are considered legally an adult at 18 in most countries in the world, but you still aren't mentally completely an adult yet.