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Finalizing
What is bolded is what I would add to the article

1.) There are multiple views on the drinking age and how it should be handled. Most people argue one of three views, whether it should stay 21, lower to 18, or raise to 25. The number of Americans who would oppose lowering the drinking age to 18: 77%.

2.) In the United States, the legal drinking age is currently 21, but some people, such as sociology Professor David Hanson, suggest lowering it. Richard Marron is also in favor of lowering the drinking age, he has said "It just doesn't sit right with me that people [at the age of 18] have the right to do everything else, including serve their country, but don't have the right to consume alcohol.

3.) Although drinking by persons under the age of 21 is illegal, people aged 12–20 years old drink 11% of all alcohol consumed in the US. 67% of high school students self-report that they binge drink regularly, or have 5 drinks within a limited time span.

Drafting
1.) I would like to change the introduction paragraph, it talks about what the article is going to be about (underage drinking) but it is very opinionated. The article is supposed to show the pros and cons of lowering the drinking age, but the sort article just shows the cons of the drinking age.

2.) The second paragraph in the article does not have a main topic, the article jumps around from all different ideas. This paragraph should stick to one main idea and have evidence and support for that idea.

3.) The article seems to only state the cons of lowering the drinking age which is very misleading, it is supposed to be a bias article that states the pros and cons, each in an equal manner.

4.) In the paragraph in this article titled "Psychological Effects" the write uses very vague phrases. The writer talks about "good parental communication" but this is a very opinionated phrase, there is no correct way to be a parent, and not everyone considers the same parenting style good, so this can cause a lot of confusion for readers.

Article Evaluation
Legal drinking age controversy

1.) Everything in the article that I read is related to the topic of the article, everything is about the drinking age controversy and the facts behind the drinking age.

2.) The article is pretty neutral but at times the article really shows the bad sides of alcohol consumption and seem to leave out the benefits that can occur while drinking alcohol.

3.) The bad effects of alcohol is over-represented, there are some points in the article where the benefits of alcohol are stated, but they seem to be under-represented, the article focuses mainly on alcohol being harmful.

4.) The references that are used do work and seem to all relate to the article and its topic, I did notice that some of the references are to the same website, but different articles written on that website. One reference that really stood out to be was a Drug-Rehab, this website has no information about the drinking age and what goes on when someone drinks, but instead the website brings you to a support center, no useful information provided.

5.) Most of the references seem to be reliable, many seem to be blogs or not appropriate references. The references that relate to the topic of the article are very bias, they state both sides of alcohol consumption.

6.) The information in the article seems to be accurate and to date, but many of the references show facts and data from over 10 years ago, many references are outdated.

7.) The talk page on this article is simply just the author, or editor just stating the changes that have been made to the article over time.

8.) This page is not rated or apart of any projects.

9.) The articles uses a lot of references that state facts that are not directly related to drinking, but the article also does not use personal opinions. This is different than what we discussed in class because not only did we discuss using facts and statistics in our research project, but also using personal opinions to get certain points across.