Some people feel that if it is legal for eighteen year-olds to die for their country, and it is legal for eighteen year-olds to marry, and it is legal for eighteen year-olds to vote. Then why isn't it legal for eighteen year-olds to drink? I do think that these people make a great point. Changing the drinking age to eighteen could have quite a few advantages. Some of which include: learning your limits, more people would not try it just because it was illegal, and they would not have a record if caught consuming legal amounts of alcohol. I think the reason a lot of youth drink alcohol is because the feel they are

being rebellious. They like the feeling of going against the system. If you ask someone who drank alot before they were 21 now they might feel less inclined to drink. Maybe it's because they are more mature,and responible but I doubt that. I think it is because it's legal. There's no allure to drinking anymore. There's no drama, no excitement, no tension, and no fe!

For the most part, the drinking age does not deter young people from drinking. Studies have shown that lowering the legal age slightly increases the frequency that people drink, but not the number of people who drink; people who do not drink before the legal age is lowered do not drink afterward. (Wechsler 142) What it does do, however, is push young people to find places to drink where they won't be caught. This leads to the dangers of drinking and driving. I think it would make more sence for them to be able to drink supervised, in a bar or club, where th

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