I am here to argue that the drinking age should remain at 21.
As college students, the issue regarding the drinking age is something very relevant to us all. And as a part of the under 21 group that consumes alcohol, many of you may automatically lean toward a younger drinking age merely because it's in your best interest and not because you are making an informed decision.
Lowering the drinking age really does not determine whether you will drink or not. As college students, it is almost assumed that we will drink anyway.
But by lowering the drinking age, access is being granted to younger teenagers and even children who are not as mature and responsible.
In fact, with the law as it is, nearly three-quarters of 8th graders (71%) say that it is "fairly easy" or "very easy" to get alcohol. If children this young already have access to alcohol imagine how much easier it would be if the drinking age were lowered to 18. Of the people who began drinking before age 14, 47% became......

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Title: The Drinking Age
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