The Dangers of Alcohol in College
             The majority of all students enrolled in college today range from ages 17-20. The legal drinking age in the United States is 21. However before the age of 15 most teens have already consumed their first alcoholic beverage. Then they enter the realms of a college campus and the dangers emerge. Although there are many fears and dangers from drinking alcohol in college, there are nine indisputable dangers of consuming alcohol in college: 1.it's probably against the law, 2. alcohol abuse may develop, 3. alcoholism could evolve, 4. serious health issues, 5. binge drinking, 6. women have lower tolerances. 7. Males display stronger sexuality, 8. Alcohol related crimes and 9. Death.
             To begin with in the United States, the legal drinking age is 21 but the age of the average college freshman is 18.5 years old. The laws regarding the drinking age have been controversial for a number of years. The history of the legal drinking age can be traced all the way back to the time of Prohibition. After Prohibition, almost all states restricting youth access to alcohol designated age twenty-one as the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA). Between 1970 and 1975, however, 29 states lowered the MLDA to eighteen, nineteen, or twenty. These changes happened at the same time in which the minimum ages for other activities, such as voting were being lowered as well. Then, with evidence that a lower drinking age could result in more traffic related injuries and even death among youths, advocacy groups began to pressure states to change the minimum drinking age back to twenty-one. As a result of these advocacy campaigns, sixteen states increased their legal drinking ages between September 1976 and January 1983. With a growing concern that minors would cross state lines to purchase and consume alcohol, the federal government created the Uniform Drinking Age Act in 1984. This act mandated reduced federal transporta...