What do you think about lowering the drinking age to 18?

Question

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26271328/

I finally found this article...it's been recently posted on MSNBC.

I recently turned 18 in June, and began thinking about all the things I could do now that I'm 18 and of age...and I realized something. I can enlist in the army, I can buy adult films or toys, I can buy a gun, I can drive, and I can vote. But I can't go to my corner pizzeria and have a beer with my pizza. I think that's messed up. I can kill someone, either in the army or by myself, but i can't drink a lousy beer with my pizza.

What do you all think of lowering the drink age to 18?

NOTE: We are one of the countries with the highest drinking age.

Answer 1

I think it makes absolutely no sense that drinking isn't legal to 21 in the US. Move to Australia now your 18 and drink and be merry I say.

Answer 2

I agree.  Our soldiers should be able to drink at 18.  Then, if you really want to drink you can join the military.

Answer 3

I think if teenagers could show themselves to be more mature then fine.  However, teenagers have the absolute highest rate of car accidents where speeding and recklessness are invovled.  Half the time alcohol is involved as well.  Now double the rate of alcohol involved among teenage drivers and it would quickly turn deadly for innocent people.  I'd be fine with lowering the drinking age as long as you intend to raise the driving age to 21.

Answer 4

what does it matter ,you drink anyway.and   your friends are dumb asses for  running to tijuana just to drink ,how ******* stupid..

Answer 5

i dont think its wrong to lower it i think it would be great if people would drink responsably but some have to power drink and make an *** out of themselves and fight and try and drive. say that sounds like the older crowed to  

Answer 6

I love you right now. I definately agree with this. Im 19 and this sucks. Just imagine on a boring night when your back from college break and instead of going into a house party that just really isnt fun and not too many people are there, just drive up to a bar and get drunk with your close friends. Thats how it was decades ago.

Answer 7

The drinking age was 18 when I grew up so i would say "Sure, why not". Kids drink whether it's legal or not and while it would be nice to do everything that a perfect world would encompass, I don't see everyone 18 needing to be treated like a child when it comes to drinking. The drinking age being 21 has saved thousands of lives by now (literally- The statistics support 21 age as savings lots of lives routinely)  but the people who passed those laws were probably all legal to drink at 18 when they grew up themselves so it seems a little bit hypocritical.

Answer 8

I started drinking socially when I was 16.  This is not uncommon.  If we had a healthy approach to alcohol in this country, if a high school senior could visit the pub and have a beer, maybe there would be less binge drinking.  After all, that's how it is in almost the entire rest of the world, and alcoholism isn't running rampant through Belgium, is it?