After a week of stressful days at work and long hours at school everyone looks to get out and have fun on the weekend. The weekend is a time to let loose and ease the mind from any troubles or burdens throughout the week. For most young adults a night of fun involves going out with your friends, dancing the night away and just having a good time. What better place to do this then a bar or a club? However, in every bar and club there is usually some form of alcohol. So what should the age be to get into these places? Should it be strictly 21, or should 18 year olds be able to get in but not be allowed to drink?
People who oppose letting 18 year olds into places where alcohol is present have strong views as to why. For one, it is practically promoting underage drinking. Having those around alcohol who are under the legal age to drink is a strong temptation for them to get a drink anyway that they can. Even though places say it is 21 to drink once you get inside sometimes that is not the case. Bartenders tend to give drinks to anyone who is at the bar because after all that’s more tips for them at the end of the night. With this occurring underage drinkers are likely to get drunk. If for any reason a fight breaks out, the police show up and an underage drinker was the one involved, the bar or club could face serious consequences and possibly get shut down. This makes it not worth it for owners to let 18 year olds into their bar or club.
On the differing side are those owners who promote 18 year olds to come to their bar or club even though they cannot drink once inside. For owners, this is a huge sum of money they collect by allowing this age group to enter. Once the age of 18 is hit, people look to go out and get away from going to the movies, bowling, etc. Allowing 18 year olds to enter gives them a place to go and keeps them from wandering the streets. While you rarely here of a place for those old enough to go out but still too young to drink to go where no alcohol is present, bars and clubs are the only option granted alcohol is available. By allowing 18 year olds to be part of the club scene it gives them the chance to mingle with new people and perhaps meet a lifelong friend.
In my opinion I believe 18 year olds should be allowed to enter a bar or club even though they are unable to drink once they are inside. As long as they obey the rules of the bar or club I don’t see a reason why they shouldn’t be allowed to enter. As one gets older they begin to develop friendships with people of all ages. If an 18 year old hangs out with people a few years older then them, I don’t see why they should have to stay home while the rest of their friends go out because they are only 18. Eighteen is a tough age. It is a time when people are not children anymore but are not quite adults. With this in mind I feel 18 year olds should be given the upper hand and be allowed to enter a bar or a club with an 18 id.
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