| The question is, should Tennessee lower the | | | | point been intoxicated before they got to college, |
| drinking age to 18, and will it saves lives? Without | | | | and knew how to handle themselves better while |
| getting into a right or wrong discussion with | | | | drinking. The individuals who had never been |
| MADD, I will try to look at it from possibly saving | | | | intoxicated posed a great danger to others and |
| lives down the road by introducing alcohol to | | | | themselves, they had no idea of their tolerance |
| young adults while they are possibly still at home | | | | level of alcohol, and at this point they had no |
| and under adult supervision, and not away at | | | | parental supervision. It seem like it would be |
| college when they take their first drink. To date | | | | better to understand the effects of alcohol on |
| Middle Tennessee State University nor the | | | | your body while still under your parents eye, and |
| University of Tennessee have come out with a | | | | not alone either in the real world or college. |
| formal stance to lower the drinking age in | | | | There are currently 7 states considering legislation |
| Tennessee, although I think they should, as they | | | | to change and or lower the drinking age, however |
| are aware it is prevalent on their campus. | | | | there may be issues with highway funds from the |
| From my experiences in college I have seen binge | | | | Federal Government if these considerations pass. |
| drinking from persons who did not drink an | | | | Highway funds are very important to a state and |
| alcoholic beverage at all while they were 18, and | | | | can effect decisions on laws. |
| living at home while in high school, and I have also | | | | By lowering the drinking age in Tennessee it might |
| had friends who grew up around parents who | | | | allow a young adult to experience alcohol with |
| drank a beer or wine in front of them and at age | | | | some supervision, and not discover it on their |
| 18 drank some themselves. Of the two types of | | | | own at college with no parental supervision. |
| people, those who never drank before college and | | | | Lowering the drinking age in Tennessee would help |
| those who did, I always thought, and still think the | | | | demystify alcohol to young people, and let them |
| people who drank at age 18 before college where | | | | realize in moderation it is ok. The fact is, kids in |
| not so excited about drinking, I mean to say it | | | | college are going to drink. |
| was not so new to them. They had at some | | | | Posted by Daniel L. |
