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Lowering the drinking age.

Date Submitted: 12/21/2003 11:43:57
Length: 2 pages (466 words)
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LOWERING THE DRINKING AGE It is legal for eighteen year-olds to die for their country, it is legal for eighteen year-olds to marry, and it is legal for eighteen year-olds to vote. Why then isn't it legal for eighteen year-olds to drink? I don't think that is right, and I believe that the drinking age in the United States should be lowered from twenty one years of age, to eighteen. For the most part, the …

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…These people certainly demonstrate enough responsibility for them to have a glass of beer. Should the drinking age be lowered to eighteen? I think so. Lowering the drinking age will create a safe environment for young people to drink, and will eliminate the need for alternatives. Besides, most eighteen year-olds are as mature as most twenty one-year olds, and should be treated so. Works Cited Wechsler, Henry. Minimum-Drinking-Age Laws. Lexington: D.C. Heath and Company, 1980.

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