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 In 1933, it was argued that the eighteenth Amendment was took away jobs and encouraged crime, thus Prohibition was repealed.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 …

…drinkers and less youth with harmful toxic effects to their major organs. The use of hard drugs goes down with the reduction of alcohol drinking among kids. With less alcohol consumption a better future is created for everyone. There are less alcohol related health problems and fewer people are plagued by addictions, to either alcohol or drugs. Hopefully, alcohol use among teens will continue to steadily drop and preserve the future of America’s youth.