January 12th, 2009
To be perfectly honest, I’m really torn about the issue. One the one hand, I’ve read that increasing the drinking age has significantly lowered alcohol-related fatalities. On the other, the raised drinking age has created an underbelly of rampant and flagrant underage alcohol abuse. The government essentially has placed a taboo on drinking—making it all the more appealing to young adults. However, this stigma is not entirely the fault of our government. American culture is traditionally more conservative and puritanical than its European counterpart. So what is to be done of this apparent epidemic?
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