Change the Legal Drinking Age to 18

Essay by regggie3High School, 10th gradeB, February 2007

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I feel that the drinking age of the United States should be lowered to the age of eighteen. At this age people are considered adults and are given adult responsibilities. I also think with the drinking age being at eighteen problems with teen drinking will go down.

The law for consumption of alcohol and use in the United States has changed many times over the past century. The United States has tried prohibition as well as laws requiring a specific age for legal alcohol consumption. None of these measures have had an impact on the purposes for which they were designed. With that reason it would make sense to lower the legal age for alcohol consumption to the age of eighteen. The major reason I think the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen because at the age of eighteen you are considered an adult. When a person turns eighteen they receive a responsibility which includes many opportunities to make decisions that will impact the rest of their lives.

Registration for the draft is one of the requirements for all citizens at age eighteen. Even if a person is not drafted, it is implied that an individual is responsible enough to go to war. They are also responsible to carry a firearm or even launch nuclear weapons. This is saying that an eighteen year old is making the same decisions as any other adult. Another right given to eighteen year olds is the opportunity to vote. When an eighteen year old receives that privilege it is implying that an eighteen year old is able to make the same decision as an adult. Other examples of decisions that can be made at eighteen include smoking, body piercing, and getting tattoos. These choices can impact the person's body for a lifetime. Smoking...