When I wrote my last essay about how underage drinking wasn't right for America, I talked about mostly the affects that drinking would have on our youth. All I really focused on was the negatives of underage drinking. I never really looked at what were the positives of underage drinking. When I went to Canada a little over two weeks ago I saw how teenagers drink responsible. I went to a dance club with a bar in it, all the adults there were treating teenagers like they were adults. Everyone in the club was at least my age; I saw

first hand how another country acts when teenagers drink.

In a recent survey done by Ruth C. Engs, a professor at Indiana University teenagers in other countries that can consume alcohol before the age of 21 usually handle drinking pretty well. If the government allowed the drinking age to be reduced right now it would be a pretty big shock for everyone. Would America be ready for it? The whole country would have to deal with it. Parents would have to teach there kids how to be responsible with alcohol really quick. Teenagers could go to a class on how to handle alcohol responsible. This kind of class would show them how to act and how to treat alcohol in a mature manner. The government could enforce that if you didn't have a license then you couldn't purchase or consume alcohol legally. Parents could decide if their kids could get a license to drink. It is just an idea that the government could look into if they wanted to enforce. In an article that was written by Bryan Knowles he was talking about how in some states have passed a law called "social host" and "adult responsibility". These laws hold parents responsible for the actions of the supervised minors. That sounds like a pretty good law to enforce right now if we were to change the age of drinking. There was one flaw in the issue that I saw. The parents get in trouble for their kids actions with alcohol. I think that

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