binding contracts, and even smoke. So why is the drinking age 21? If the drinking age

lowers minors will be less apt to see alcohol as the “forbidden fruit”. Minors are, in a

way, attracted to alcohol. When a minor thinks about alcohol he or she sees it as a way to

rebel against the conformities of life today, as a way to break free from legal confinements

of society. Lowering the drinking age would solve the problem, not make it worse.

Drinkers would learn to become more responsible.

Younger people see drink as a way of being cool. If we were to lower the age,

alcohol would become more accepted and people would not feel as if they were doing

something special. Lowering the age would make drinking become more of a normal

thing and not something wild and different to show you are a rebel. For instance, “in

Japan, drinking is a thing that young people do on a regular basis; sucha s at dinner with

their families or at a family gathering.”(Lee, Yoshi) Allowing drinking at younger ages

will teach responsibility to kids.

If the age is lowered young people will learn to be responsible. They will learn

If you are responsible enough to play a part in determining the future of our country, why

running for president are two totally different subjects. Being the president of the United

This would help to prevent accidents which could get somone injured or even killed.

well. They also have acquire the greatest responsibility of an American, the right to vote.

drinks. Drinking ages discourage responsibility rather than encourage. “When I tried to

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