Weâve all had throbbing leg pain at some point in our life. As a young adult, this throbbing leg pain is typically caused by some athletic event or injury. But as we get older, there are other considerations that can be a bit more serious.
No. If the legal drinking age were lowered, it would pose threats to not only the drinkers themselves, but other people. Young people are notorious for binge drinking and this leads to many dangerous problems. Drunk-driving rates are highest among drinkers 21 to 25 years of age (23%). And this is just legal drinkers.
v When the drinking age has been lowered, injury and death rates significantly increase. vi â¢ The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has reviewed nearly 50 peerÂ­reviewed studies of countries that had changed their drinking age and found that lowering the minimum drinking age to 18 increases fatalities by 10 percent. When the drinking age has been lowered, injury and death rates significantly increase. vi â¢ The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has reviewed nearly 50 peerÂ­reviewed studies of countries that had changed their drinking age and found that lowering the minimum drinking age to 18 increases fatalities by 10 percent.