Alcohol and Drinking Age
In 1920 Prohibition was enacted. Prohibition was the United States’ eighteenth Amendment, banning the drinking, manufacture, or sale of “intoxicating liquors” (beverages containing .5% or more alcohol). Alcohol use declined sharply in the 1920’s, but many people ignored the ban and produced alcohol illegally in their homes. In 1933, it was argued that the eighteenth Amendment was took away jobs and encouraged crime, thus Prohibition was repealed. Since 1933, alcohol consumption has increased dramatically. In the 1970’s many states lowered the drinking age from twenty-one to eighteen. As youth alcohol consumption rose, so did related drunk driving accidents, suicide, and violence. Currently the legal drinking age in all fifty states is twenty-one. Some people argue that a person should have the right to decide for or against drinking and the government should not regulate alcohol consumption. Others
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Approximate Word count = 615
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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