314_Ind3_S2

Name: Danny Sills

Instructions: Now that you have proven that there is a problem, you must research possible solutions to the problem. You must turn in this research sheet completed with two articles attached that show possible solutions and why they would work

III. There are many possible solutions to this problem. The possible solutions are: (Two articles must be attached and annotated bibliography)

Lower the drinking age to 18 in the United States.

IV. The solution I (we) propose is: (This section will become your proposed legislation. Be sure to include what agency will implement your law, proposed cost if any and effective date) Create a new federal law making the drinking age in America 18 years old. Effective June 1, 2011.

V. I (we) think this solution will work because: (You must use factual information to prove your solution will work)

Setting the age of alcoholic responsibility at 21 is arbitrary. As Americans above the age of 18, we can drive, be drafted, pay taxes, purchase cigarettes, be tried as adults, serve on juries and vote. But we can't drink. Changing the drinking age to 18 would not only place it in line with the allotment of other rights and obligations, it would also be more logical in terms of contemporary life. At eighteen, most American teenagers leave home, whether to join the workforce or go to college. It is at this time, not when we turn 21, that we become independent, taking responsibility for ourselves on a day-to-day basis in a way that few of us have before. Legislators should recognize this turning point in the lives of young people and use it as an opportunity to grant us the additional responsibility of legal drinking.