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Raising the legal age of drinking to 21 - DEBATE FOR THE MOTION
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- Mon Jun 20 2005

... Raising the legal age of drinking to 21 - FOR Madame Chairwoman, and members of the floor, I would like to propose that by raising the legal age of drinking alcohol to 21, not only would there be less underage drinkers, but it would save many lives. You will be shocked to find, that statistics by the British Medicine Association show that the number of drink-driving accidents caused an estimated 560 deaths in 2003. How could anyone argue that we should not raise the drinking age, if we are able to save lives? Surely saving at least a few lives is better than none? If we raised the age limit, then the government would definitely be stricter on ID, because they would need to check everyone's ID to make sure they are 21 or over. This will prevent people under 21s to buy alcohol. Furthermore, the police would have to deal













