Short Writing Assignment #5: Rebuttal Chafetz’s main point is that raising the minimum legal drinking age to 21 nationwide has not worked. He directly states this in the beginning of the third paragraph with evidence following. “Legal Age 21 has not worked. To be sure, drunk driving fatalities are lower now than they were in 1982. But they are lower in all age groups. And they have declined just as much in Canada, where the age is 18 or 19, as they have in the United States.” Chafetz provides for his rebuttal by providing reason that drunk driving fatalities are lower now than they were in 1982, and they have declined just as much in Canada, where the age is 18 or 19, as they have in the United States. He also states, “National Institute
