In the United States, it is illegal to consume alcohol until the age of twenty-one. At the age of eighteen, a person can get married, vote, drive, take out loans, pay taxes, buy tobacco, and be in the armed forces and die for their country. Yet that person still can not drink alcohol. In many other countries the drinking age is lower. It is imperative that the drinking age be lowered to the age of …showed first 75 words of 795 total…

…showed last 75 words of 795 total…change at the age of eighteen. There are responsibilities flying from all directions. These responsibilities are all characteristics of adulthood, but alcohol is considered a mid-adulthood only characteristic. It a restriction of freedom to trust and expect so much out of a young adolescence and not let them participate in the activity of drinking. A young adult can be left to die for his country, but still can not give a toast to celebrate adulthood.