Lowering the Drinking Age to 18

Its your 18th birthday and your finally a legal freehanded. Immediately you peck smoke cig arttes, vote, be a dialog box ingredient, even join the military and fight for your plain. But dont think ab verboten a having a beer at your going outside party the night before you depart for the Middle East. No, you will suck up to wait until your 21. As an Ameri rout out citizens we are given many responsibilities at the senesce of 18. One of them not being the ability to consume inebriant. So I believe that at the age of 18 should come the accountability of legally partaking of intoxicant.If we are considered adults and expected to act like oneness at the age of 18, it isnt right to restrict us to a swallow age of 21. At 18 you can get married, vote, pay taxes, concord out loans or risk your life as a member of the U. S. military. But the law in our country says that no alcoholic beverages may be sold to anyone until the age of 21. Who says that 21 is the magical age that m akes one intelligent and mature enough to consume alcohol. Sure some adults cry out alcohol and some teenagers would be able to drink responsibly.While 21 may be the legal drinking age in the U. S. no scientific evidence exists proving this is the age at which young people can safely begin drinking alcohol. (Bryan Knowles). By lowering the drinking age it would take away some of the temptation involved with alcohol. Its not as much fun when its allowed The some common reason for nonaged drinking is because alcohol is seen as the forbidden fruit. In a think over by Dr. Engs, professor of applied health and science, found that by change magnitude the legal drinking age, young people tend to abuse alcohol to a greater extent. In actuality raising the drinking age was much worse than doing nothing. intoxication is more exciting when it is illegal. So many people go out and get drunk simply because they know that its illegal (Dr Engs). If we do away with this concept then we are left we people partaking in less booze filled nights. Leaving the decision of alcohol in the main to the family is the best scheme if the aim is to reduce underage drinking. We should also steering on safe drinking instead of age restrictions. Educating on the baron of alcohol instead of just telling them not to drink it would progress to a better understanding for our young ones Other countries like France, concur a much lower rate of alcohol abuse.This comes from educated and dull drinking. American teens have not learned to drink gradually or in moderation. We destiny to focus on educating our young people on safe drinking and as a social activity, instead of a type of escape. Why is there still a problem if alcohol education currently exists? Because current alcohol education in broad(prenominal) school and college teaches the following This is how you drink responsibly, now dont drink because you are as well young. How does anyone expect students to listen to a teacher whe n this gibberish is coming from their address?First you need to properly educate young adults. Second, you need combine them. If you get by young adults like children they will act like children. If you treat young adults as responsible adults they will act maturely. While most parents agree that serving alcohol to groups of minors should be prohibited, many also reserve the right to introduce their teenage children to alcohol. Supervised, moderate exposure to alcohol in the home with family lays the foundation for a healthy respect for alcohol and its associated responsibilities. Bryan Knowles) In conclusion, is 21 really the prestigious age we all cant wait to reach. At 21, does all the maturity and intelligence we need to navigate this earth finally dawn on us Well, our country seem to think so. So at the end of the day when you are deployed to Iraq to serve your country, dont even think about having an adult beverage. Because youre not an adult until 21, you must wait three m ore years. But look on the bright side, there will constantly be a beer waiting for you when you are of age.