Research+Proposal

My Research Proposal

Being on a college campus it is hard to avoid alcohol. Every weekend, and even during the week, many college students will be consuming alcohol. Most of these college students happen to be under the age of 21, the legal drinking age. Many people do not believe that this is a problem, however I believe that it is. Many kids from the ages 18-20 drink to get drunk. It is rare to find kids in this age group who are drinking beers casually just to enjoy them. Rather kids try to throw back as many alcoholic drinks in the shortest period of time in order to get as messed up as possible. They become reckless when they drink and become very destructive to themselves and to their surroundings. More often than not across the country kids ages 18-20 get into cars when they are intoxicated. Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for this age group with many of them being alcohol induced. I believe that if students would know and understand the consequences of drinking and driving they would be more inclined to not drink and drive. I believe that the consequences should be harsher for getting caught while in the act of drinking and driving. Students should have to pay higher fines and serve possible jail time for even a one time offense. My voice will fit into this argument because I have been in situations with a drunk driver. I wish I could have made better choices back then and known the harm that I could have caused.