Lowering the Drinking Age

Cloud, John. "Should the Drinking Age be Lowered?." Time U.S.. Time Inc., 6 June 2008. Web. 12 Sept. 2011.

John Cloud, an author for Time magazine, tries to disprove John McCardell Jr. and his followers by stating specific percentages and other data against lowering the drinking age. McCardell provides reasonable information on why the drinking age should be lowered, however, Cloud believes it isn't enough to lower the drinking age. Cloud also gives specific examples on how drinking fatalities have actually decreased in America since 1984 even though McCardell takes a different position thinking they have increased since then. Cloud is mainly targeting adults and soon-to-be young adults, particularly the driving class parents. John Cloud's intent is to persuade people to not vote for lowering the drinking age in America or anywhere for that matter. For the most part, Cloud is not very bias with his remarks toward the drinking age being lowered. This article provides decent information about drinking, however, it lacks many other factors that may play into lowering the drinking age. I think this topic would be a great one for me because of the many young adults, like myself, are being targeted. This article could potentially be a good topic for others because they are also being targeted and may have some interest in drinking at an early age.