Persuasive essay- Maintaining the Drinking Age

In Italy, France, and Spain it's 16. In New Zealand it's 18. In the United States it's 21, and in places such as China and Portugal there isn't one at all. But what is this I'm talking about? It's the legal drinking ages of countries around the world. Many people argue that the drinking age should be lowered to 18, just look at our surrounding countries with lower drinking ages. Some argue that the United States has the most …

…pressure to perform at school, at your job, or just in life in general, alcohol can prevent you from the use of your own brain. I believe that lowering the drinking age would accomplish nothing, yet backfire in a way that we could have prevented. As Mothers Against Drunk Driving says: Underage drinking is more than a "rite of passage." It's an invitation to clouded judgment, limited control, and consequences that can last a lifetime.