Eighteen-year-old Americans should be allowed to drinking. Restricting drinking alcohol to the age of 21 is contrary to drinking laws in other countries. In addition, it is contrary to other American laws which clearly establish adulthood at eighteen. The legal age for drinking must be set at 18; that establishes parity with other nations and with this own nation's body of law. This paper looks at the minimum drinking age in the United States and the reasons that this age has been deemed appropriate by authorities. It then presents several reasons why the present minimum drinking age should be lowered and looks at statistical evidence that supports this contention. It concludes by making the point that at 18 years of age, a citizen can die for
his/her country, get married and divorced, apply for credit, and move out of his/her parent's

home; therefore he/she should be able to drink.

In America, when a person reaches the age of 18, he can die for his country, obtain......

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Title: Legal Drinking Age
Approximate Word Count: 590
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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