Drinking Age.

The United States has the highest drinking age in the world it's 21. Three countries have set their minimum age at 20, one set it at 19, and the rest are 18 or younger.

I think that the drinking age should be lowered to about 18 or 19. Currently, we prohibit 20-year-olds from drinking champagne at their own weddings! Some teens say that it is easier for them to get drugs than it is to obtain alcohol. The determination of legality in drinking should not be age, but rather maturity and ability to handle responsibility. For example, there are many teenagers in the world that are considerably more mature than the average twenty-one year-old. The twenty-one restriction seems out of date in today's society. Many parents of today's teenagers were legally allowed to drink at the age of eighteen. Today's teenagers face more responsibility and are treated much differently from the way their parents were treated.

A Kranz (wreath) of Kölsch beer.

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alcoholism

If twenty-one is considered so mature, then why is eighteen considered an adult? If an eighteen year-old can be held to so many responsibilities, then it seems unfair to say that they are not old enough to drink. At eighteen, a person can even have a closed container of alcohol in their possession, but they cannot drink it. Prohibiting the sale of alcohol to people under the age of twenty-one may cause habits such as binge drinking and alcohol abuse. It just causes a rebellion. Keeping the age at twenty-one makes it seem as if an eighteen year-old is not a real adult. Drinking is then viewed as a glamorous activity since it is only for adults. Then, in rebellion, those underage will just find a way around it. For example, many have fake identification cards, steal alcohol from their parents' liquor cabinets, or...