The Age of Majority Act says you are legally an adult at 18. At 18 you can own property (if it is inherited), you can get married, and you can be thrown in jail for life. I guess it must be better if you can't drink at 18 and get thrown in prison, because you are not allowed alcohol in there anyway. If a family member passed away and left an 18-year-old their house, they would have full ownership of the house. Sure they'd own it, but they wouldn't be able to have a drink at their house warming. I find it a little hard to accept that the law can entrust someone to help choose the leader of our country, but cannot entrust them to have a sip of wine.

When you were a teenager, did you ever drink illegally? I know I did. Whether you did or not it is proven that the majority of students drink underage. The thing about drinking underage is that it is usually unsupervised. As a parent, would you rather have your so

In European countries, children start drinking at a very early age. Though they start drinking early, it is with parents and family. Here they learn from their parents how to drink responsibly. Also, when alcohol is available it does not hold the same "forbidden fruit" cliche as when it is not so easily accessible. Dr. Ruth C. Engs, professor of Applied Health Sciences at Indiana University, and author of six books dealing with underage drinking said, " Europe has the right idea. Teach responsible drinking from when they're young, instead of trying to force kids not to drink." Children are always allowed to drink in Europe, except for the UK, where the age is set at 5 years old. This allows parents to teach responsible drinking from a young age. The average age for legally buying alcohol is 16. With an age this low alcohol is always available, yet the percentage of population that drinks range from 8.0% in the Netherlands, to the highest being 11.8% in Luxembourg. Then we compare it to Ontario, with the age set at 19. The percentage of our population that consumes alcohol according to Statistics Canada: 55%.

So you see, the drinking age needs to be lowered in hope that teens will not find it so alluring. The lower the legal drinking age, the more teens you have drinking in controlled environments such as bars, taverns, and pubs. Rather than at unsupervised house parties, or parks. This will teach more responsible drinking therefore kee

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