The drinking age is twenty-one in the United States. Some people seem to believe that the minimum age should be 18. This topic has been debated for years. The United States drinking age has gone up and down for years. It has recently gone up to the age of twenty-one. Before the drinking age went up, many events had occurred. It started when the United States tried to ban alcohol in every state, no matter what your age is, you still could not drink alcohol. This was called National Prohibition. It succeed but didn’t last, it ended in 1933. The Constitution gained the eighteenth Amendment when the Prohibition started. The eighteenth Amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, transport, import, or export of alcoholic beverages. Though, this amendment was revoked in 1933 by the twenty-first amendment, it legalized beer and other alcohol. When National Prohibition ended, each state made their own drinking laws. Some made them 18, others made them twenty-one. This last until THE National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 was passed. This act forced all states to change their drinking age to twenty-one. If they didn’t raise their drinking age, they lost part of their Federal-Aid highway funds. Because this drinking act was past they states had to pass laws that were helped fight against drinking and driving. Just because the drinking age was raised to twenty-one doesn’t mean that it was a good idea. National Prohibition and safety issues are factors that have to be considered in making the decision. From these factors, the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen. Just think how many teens and young adults illegally drink alcohol that aren’t twenty one yet. It’s a fact that 3 quarters of teens drink when they are high school seniors. The big issue for underage drinking is where the under age teens drink. Obviously, the teens don’t want to get caught or get in trouble. So they turn to underground drinking. Underground drinking