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Teenagers between the age of fifteen to eighteen are drinking an average of nine to eleven cans of beer per week. They will ruin their lives if they don’t cut down on the alcohol. Should this be enough to raise the drinking age up to twenty-one?
Teenagers do not understand how dangerous alcohol can be. BBC News proved that the UK has one of the worst problems in Europe, with a fifth of children aged eleven to fifteen drinking at least once per week.
There is evidence that teenagers are drinking an average of forty-four bottles of wine or one hundred and seventy seven pints of beer in a year. Articles in the Telegraph show that there are one hundred and ninety thousand, fifteen to sixteen years old in Scotland which fifty seven thousand of them binge drink meaning drinking five or more drinks in one session. If that habit does not get stopped alcohol is going to ruin the teenagers lives before they become adults.
Alcohol plays a huge part in most of the violence cause by teenagers. An article from BBC News gave an example of this. Brendan Harris fifteen was convicted of murdering Sophie Lancaster in a Lanarkshire park after drinking two litres of beer, peach schnapps plus even more lager. This proves drinking an excessive amount of alcohol at the one time messes with your mind and makes you do terrible things. If Harris thought of consequences before he drank the huge amount of alcohol he could have saved a life. Also in February 2006 three young boys aged sixteen and the other aged seventeen, stabbed a young women to death in Paisley during the hours of nine and ten pm. The boys were jailed for life. They judge described the murder as “drunken aggression” that had been carried out for some entertainment.
No one deserves to be treated like that just because teenagers are consuming too much alcohol at one time. The three boys who were under age drinkers who stabbed an innocent young women to death, drank the alcohol and didn’t think of consequences. This should teach teenagers not to drink alcohol as it can damage other peoples lives not just your own.
A terrible incident took place in Glasgow Maryhill Rd around six-thirty pm. Paul Woods twenty-nine was battered by a gang of four teenagers. Woods was standing outside his local shop with his alcohol he had purchased. He was planning to walk back home to a relaxing quiet night in with his wife and two kids. Although along came a gang consisting of three boys and a girl who attacked Woods in the street just so they could have his alcohol. Woods was rushed to Glasgow Southern General Hospital but lost his fight for life two days later. The article from the Sun Newspaper shows a good example of how bad teenagers want alcohol they they take an innocent man’s life just to get drunk.
Arguments conflict of how you are allowed to get married, have a job and have a child but you are not allowed to have a drink of alcohol at sixteen. I totally agree with the law been made that you should not be allowed to drink alcohol at sixteen as teenagers are still to immature and abuse alcohol which causes disruption. Alcohol is a huge problem in the world causing people to die with health problems, caused by the alcohol and also the consequences it can cause which could lead to someone else losing their life. Binge drinking has become worse as the years have went on, teenagers do not take it seriously they just abuse it and cause trouble.
Raising the drinking age to 21 might not reduce the binge drinking problem it could just make it worse. For reason adults go into the shops and buy under age drinkers alcohol. This causes a big problem and does not show a healthy example to young teenagers. Parents also have to help reduce the amount of teenagers binge drinking by not supplying their children with it and showing a good example as they will think it is correct for them to drink alcohol.
I agree that the drinking age should be legally raised up to 21. It could cut down on some of the violence cause in the streets and reduce the needs of gangs. It could stop lives getting ended for no reason and make the world a better place. There is no need for teenagers to go out and binge drink just to give themselves enjoyment.
