In the United States of America, an eighteen year old can fight, kill, and die for his country, elect political leaders, and buy tobacco. However when it comes to alcohol, we are still treated like juveniles. An eighteen year old can walk into a gun store and make a purchase, yet we can’t go out to a liquor store and purchase a case of beer. It makes no sense when a person looks at the big picture. The government should not be able to pick and choose what will be regulated when a minor reaches the age of adulthood, it should be all or nothing.
From the day you turn eighteen, you are no longer a minor in the eyes of the government, or so they say. The government grants you the rights of adulthood, for example, by allowing the opportunities to vote. This gives the new adult a voice in the government that was never an option before the age of eighteen. However in return, you must register for the draft, allowing the possibility of being forced into the army a
Think about it. A twenty year old is no longer a teenager, considered an adult in every way, but can’t buy a drink in a bar. It makes no sense. Teenagers are going to drink, but it is taught in a negative light so therefore they are more tempted to try it. To legalize drinking at eighteen makes sense as long as the government is also enacting programs at a young age that teach alcohol awareness instead of alcohol avoidance. Either a person has the ability to make rational life decisions at beginning at the age of eighteen, or they have the ability to make those decisions at the age of twenty-one. It cannot go both ways.
In a world view, the United States is one of only four nations in which the drinking age is twenty-one, all the others are either eighteen or are not enforced. Thus proving the point that the consumption of alcohol should not be determined by age but rather by responsibility. Throughout Europe the act of drinking is a casual activity unlik
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