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Drink at 18 not 21

            What's it finally gonna be, 18 or 21? This is a question that has risen in America many times and after little debate is normally shot down. The question to lower the drinking age is not a new question being asked by teens. In fact in America today approxiamently 70 % of all college student engage in alcohol consumption illegally.* Alcohol is something that has been around since the Medieval period and something that has had many restrictions placed on it throughout the course of the years. Today in the United States you must be 21 years of age to legally engage in any type of alcohol consumption. The real question lies in why we place this limit at 21? Has research shown that a 21-year-old is more responsible and more apt to consume alcoholic beverages in a safe, efficient manor. In fact research has shown quiet the opposite. Research has shown that at age 18, teenagers are realizing a greater level of responsibility thereby showing a higher level of maturity. With a high level of maturity one may assume that with all the responsibilities already placed on late teens that they should have some type of reward or extra privilege.
             In 1629 it was told about a substance that, when drank, would alter the way your mind and body works so monks were told to never drink it in excess.* That was the beginning of restrictions being placed on alcoholic beverages. Since that period alcohol has had many laws and many restrictions even being outlawed by law before in the United States only to be overturned after the vicious alcoholic public basically lobbied against it. Now; however the government has decided that it is acceptable to drink but you must be 21 years of age to do so. A person may often wonder where they got the number 21. It's obvious that the legislators didn't spend time or money researching an adequate age. It's even more obvious that public opinion was never used to shape this policy.


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1. Lowering the drinking age to 18

Lowering the Drinking Age to 18 I believe that the drinking age should be lowered to 18. In the early 60's the government changed the drinking age to 21. ... First, I would like to know how can our country give 18 year olds the right to vote for our countries leader, but not drink alcohol. ... I know that not every 18 year old is mature but if you think about neither is every 21 year old or even every 40 year old for that matter. ... Just the thrill of whether or not they are going to get caught makes people 18-20 want to drink that much more because taking away the thrill of getti...

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2. drinking age 18

The United States Federal Government should lower the legal drinking age to 18. ... This is because chidlern will learn how to drink a little with meals and not abuse it. ... It does not make any sense. Another reason is that you are no different at 21 than you are at 18. 3 years is hardly anything in the grand scheme of things. ... For example, there are many teenagers in the world that are considerably more mature than the average twenty-one year-old. 18's are just as responsible as their 21 year old counterparts and should be able to have a drink. ...

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3. Reaction Artice

With the legal drinking age at 18, police officers can shift their focus more on drinking and driving issues rather than busting underage drinkers. Just as the drinking age was 18 before the 1970's, it should be the same now along with strict penalties for abusing the right of drinking. ... Current laws state that people can smoke at age 18, but have to wait until they are 21 until they can have a drink. ... Even though this is not a huge concern to the public, why 18 to smoke and 21 to receive mailings? ... Just like drinking and smoking, gambling is not healthy, but it is a citizen&#...

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4. Should The Drinking Age Be Lowered To 18?

Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered to 18? ... Although there is all this evidence showing how many lives we have saved by increasing the drinking age to 21, there are there some people who argue that the drinking age should go back to 18. ... High school seniors who could not legally drink until age 21 drank less before age 21 and between ages 21 - 25 than did seniors in states with lower drinking ages. ... Of those who begin drinking at the age of 18, about 17 percent are classified with alcohol dependency and about 8 percent with alcohol abuse. ... However, drinking and driving among ...

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5. Drinking Age

(Coate 2) I feel that a lower drinking age on beer and wine would alleviate some of the problems currently facing the 18-21 year old age bracket. Beer and wine are already easily accessible to 18 to 21 year olds. ... Lower the drinking age on beer and wine from age 21 to age 18. ... Bar owners would love the business of the 18-21 age group. ... At age 18, a person will be able to make the adult decision to drink or not to drink and bar and storeowners will be able to sell to this target group. ...

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6. Drinking age

Should the legal drinking age be lowered to 18. ... Teens can marry at 18 but they can not drink, and many teens feel like they should be able to drink so they go ahead and do it anyway.The legal drinking age is 21 in most states, but is legalized at 18 in a select few. ... When one turns 18, he gains many responsibilities , such as being able to marry, but he cannot drink alcohol at the wedding reception because almost every state in the United States has set the legal drinking age at 21 years old. ... Should the drinking age be lowered to 18 years old, when one is consid...

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7. Drinking

This amount is the legal limit among a group not even old enough to drink. ... After Prohibition, almost all the states set the legal drinking age (LDA) at 21. ... It has been proven that a large majority of alcoholics began drinking at an age younger than 21. ... In most European countries youth must be 18-21 years of age to obtain their drivers license. ... But 18-year-old college kids don't drink for health reasons...

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8. The Legal Drinking Age

Every person under the age of 21 knows they are not allowed to drink, yet some do. ... The maturity level of 18-20 year olds proves that they are not quite ready to drink, thus the legal age should remain at 21. ... If at the age of 18 a person is a legal adult, why can they not make their own decisions on whether they drink alcohol or not? ... Around the world, the legal drinking age is 18, lower than, or does not exist at all. ... By the time a child reaches 18 they are able to drink safely and are not a danger to themselves or to others. ...

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9. Drinking Age

Keep the drinking age at 21, but make the age 21 to join the military. ... I also feel like that an 18 year old is going to drink to, if he or she wants too, no matter what. ... It's a good idea to keep people who aren't adults from drinking, but hasn't the point that 18 years old are adults enough to fight, than why can't they drink? ... Once again is 18 an adult or is 21? The choice should be made, 18, 21, 30, whatever the age may be, the age should be the limit for drinking, gambling, voting, or anything that has a minimum age requirement....

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