Do you think that lowering the drinking age to 18 was a good idea?
Do I think lowering the drinking age to 18 was a good idea?
I have many arguments for both yes and no! For starters I think drinking is a big problem in New Zealand especially for young teenagers and women. But if you were to put the age back up I don’t think that’s going to change any think it may even make the situation worst. As there will be more young underage drinkers breaking the law.
Young people find it cool to go out and drink but they don’t think about the consequences of this happening, you could be raped, have sex with a stranger and fall pregnant, do drugs plus much more and its not a very nice thing if it was to happen to you.
In New Zealand we have so many young talented up and coming sports stars but you see them go to waste because of “Alcohol” They start to lack off and just want to get wasted and have a beer all the time. This is a common thing for young Maoris but it isn’t the way to go, there is nothing wrong with having a beer now and then but that’s it. So you may think now that putting the age up is a good idea, yeah it will keep the younger ones out of night clubs and pubs but that’s about it. They will just go round making there own party bringing younger ones out and that will cause more fights as they don’t know how to control themselves while under the influence of “Alcohol”
I think the biggest problem is Parents! They need to control their children and be role models for them. Not just let them do whatever they want because they will turn into druggies and alcoholics at a young age. You can’t just say it’s the young ones that have drinking problems there are so many adults that are stupid and idiotic when drunk so why can they been allowed to drink? Alcohol causes so many deaths in New Zealand as drunken people take the road and this is not just young people. Yeah most of the time it is but where are their parents? Why can’t they drop them off and pick them back up, they are to blame just as much because they should be more responsible. In conclusion I don’t know if bringing the age down was a good or bad decision but I hope what I have said is a contribution to it.
Do I think lowering the drinking age to 18 was a good idea?
I have many arguments for both yes and no! For starters I think drinking is a big problem in New Zealand especially for young teenagers and women. But if you were to put the age back up I don’t think that’s going to change any think it may even make the situation worst. As there will be more young underage drinkers breaking the law.
Young people find it cool to go out and drink but they don’t think about the consequences of this happening, you could be raped, have sex with a stranger and fall pregnant, do drugs plus much more and its not a very nice thing if it was to happen to you.
In New Zealand we have so many young talented up and coming sports stars but you see them go to waste because of “Alcohol” They start to lack off and just want to get wasted and have a beer all the time. This is a common thing for young Maoris but it isn’t the way to go, there is nothing wrong with having a beer now and then but that’s it. So you may think now that putting the age up is a good idea, yeah it will keep the younger ones out of night clubs and pubs but that’s about it. They will just go round making there own party bringing younger ones out and that will cause more fights as they don’t know how to control themselves while under the influence of “Alcohol”
I think the biggest problem is Parents! They need to control their children and be role models for them. Not just let them do whatever they want because they will turn into druggies and alcoholics at a young age. You can’t just say it’s the young ones that have drinking problems there are so many adults that are stupid and idiotic when drunk so why can they been allowed to drink? Alcohol causes so many deaths in New Zealand as drunken people take the road and this is not just young people. Yeah most of the time it is but where are their parents? Why can’t they drop them off and pick them back up, they are to blame just as much because they should be more responsible. In conclusion I don’t know if bringing the age down was a good or bad decision but I hope what I have said is a contribution to it.
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