of students in grade 9 through 12 will have had at least one drink of alcohol by that time? Of this same age group, 51.6% of students will have had at least one drink of alcohol during the least thirty days.” III. A. The current laws say that the age 21 is in place to assure responsible drinking and improve drunk driving fatalities. A. It has not been proven that the 21-age limit has actually improved either area.A. As for responsible drinking well1. Newsweek magazine states that a staggering number of about “70% of high school seniors say that they have tried alcohol in some way.” 2. And a number of those are drinking in order to feel drunk. 3. “It is not obvious that learning to drink with moderation, and not to drive when one is drinking, automatically happens to a twenty-one year old as distinguished from someone three years younger” (Barbour, 174).A. Drinking and driving numbers have improved over the years but this could be for a number of reasons.1. Charles Krauthammer of Time magazine showed that the major decrease in drunk driving fatalities has to do with the stricter penalties and attention put on it in recent years.1. Also that the numbers would continue to stay low and possibly get lower with continued attention and even stricter penalties for first time offenders.1. Even with the drinking age lowered. I know what you think right now. You probably think like, “O, I don’t want my child to drink. A. Neither do I, but can we stop them? Who was there to stop those 10.5 million kids that are drinking with the current laws in place? B. We really need to focus our attention on educating people about the affects and consequences of drinking. C. Why? Well, one of my big concerns is drinking and driving. 1. I feel that it is not safe to introduce driving before drinking to youths. Kids should be taught responsible ways of life. 2. I also think raising the driving age would be benefici...
