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.
âBetween 1970 and 1975, 29 states lowered their minimum drinking ages. Meanwhile, 13 states kept the legal age at 21.â Researchers found a marked increase in alcohol-related teen car crashes in the states with reductions. New Zealand lowered its minimum purchase age for alcohol from 20 to 18 in 1999.