CHANGE IT TO 18!

I AM 18 AND I DONT THINK THAT THE DRINKING AGE SHOULD STAY AT 21 A GOOD REASON WHY I SAY CHANGE IT IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU TURN 18 YOU CAN BUY CIGAERTTES GO TO THE CLUB JOIN THE ARMY AND LOTS MORE!!!!! SO WHY DO YOU HAVE TO WAIT TO DRINK THATS STUPID IF THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP THE DRANKIN AGE AT 21 THEN THEY SHOULD CHANGE EVERYTHING ELEES TO 21 INSTEAD OF 18

-AMBER

best idea ever

we need this and it could save lifes

-joe

Yay for denmark.

I think 21 is way too high. But I live in Denmark. We only need to be 16 to buy it here x]

-Nicolai

Change

There's no rational reason to keep the drinking age at 21.

-Evvyn

Lower It

I Think It Should Be Lowered I Was Drinking When I Was 18 And For Some Of You Thats Left Comments Saying Its Too Young There Not Developed Your ALLLL STUPID Maybe Your Not Developed Think About It Im Sure You Did It To... Lower It What Could Be So WRONG

-Cody

LOWER IT TO 18!!!

It should be lowered due to the mere fact that if we can legally be able to vote at 18 for who can run this country AND be able to serve in the military and be allowed to SHOOT AND KILL our enemies at 18... why cant they have a beer? So you can Kill someone and vote for leaders but they cant have a beer. I also just recently discovered that in Florida it is legal for an 18 year old to purchase a shotgun..but you have to be 21 to purchase a handgun. thats pretty messed up what does an 18 year old need with a shotgun?? Oh and I forgot to mention you can ALSO but cigarettes at 18 too. THAT does MORE damage to the body than a beer, a glass of wine, or even a shot of tequila. Cigarettes not only affect the smoker but others around them..not even smoking marijuana is as bad as cigarettes. how many deaths have been caused by smoking Pot...ZERO...Cigarettes...one too many. so back to my original point if you can buy a shotgun, join the military, kill someone legally overseas, smoke cigarettes, and vote for leaders! WHY CAN'T THEY HAVE A BEER! IT makes NO sense!!!! The drinking age in Europe is 16, do we ever hear of any problems there??? Nope...Pot is legal over there too any problems there...Nope. So why do we have to be so darn difficult. ~Jennifer

-Jennifer

18!

I will say this first. For the young lady who commented under me (Angela). You could not possibly be as educated as you say. One your grammatical errors are that of a poorly educated junior high student and two your spelling errors are horrific. Back to the issue at hand. Despite her laymen position I will agree with the ultimate message. I (Personally) joined the NAVY with hopes of becoming a NAVY S.E.A.L. Although I did not succeed in my final qualifications I was only 17 when I joined. I graduated boot camp without even being able to buy cigarettes. I believe our standards are that of an old civilization that needs to be updated. I also believe that our standard style of education needs to be completely revamped and overhauled for it is also that of an old civilization that is now dead. Technology and instant gratification rule our world's it's time to embrace that.

-Jason Santiago

lower it to 18!#2

ok i get that some people think that people under 18 dont have fully develpoed brains but again like i said before not everyone is the same.im almost graduated and out of college and im only 17.i think it is wrong to say that people under the age of 21 arent fully developed to what others call "mature and can handle it".i take that kind of prjudice.im well under the drinking age and for me to be labled as im not mature enough to have a alcoholic beverage is just plain stupid.iam well ove mature.america needs to stop judging people and stereotyping others to what the think is right just because some people went and acted immature while drinking!people under the age of 21 arent the only ones who have gotten wasted and went out and did something stupid or not "matture".im tired of people labeling others just because of what other people going out and not handling them selfs to what every one thinks is "right" AMERICA NEEDS TO OPEN THERE EYES AND RELIZE THAT PEOPLE MESS UP!NO ONE IS PERFECT!!

-angela

Change It

How can an 18 year olds brain not be developed enough to handle drinking if we have found ways to get alchohol? How can it not be be developed if we'vw found ways to get us more drunk more quickly? Get real America!!!!

-Brea

lower it to 18!

ok i agree with everyone(mostly) that has left a comment.what i dont get,like others,is that we can die for or country,buy ciggs,vote,play the lotter,etc.but why cant people 18 and older drink?? i think it is stupid that everything else that an 18 year old can do is legal except for drinking.ya some 18 year olds and stuff arent as responisble as others but EVERY PERSON IS DIFFERENT!if we all handled everything the same then there wouldnt have to be rules cus wed be boring and oh so perfect.what im trying to get at is that people 18 and so on arent the only ones that wouldnt/arent responisble.there are people out there that are well over 18 and still arent responisible drinkers."DONT JUDGE THE BOOK BY THE COVER BUT BY WHATS IN IT"=which means just because some people have gone and got drunk and made bad decisions DOESNT mean all the rest of the population is going to do the same!!!oh and btw iam 17 years old(and no just because im only alil away from 18 doesnt mean im just leaving this comment so i can drink when i turn 18!!)and i have finished high school early and am already in college.so think about this...im mature for my age,why should others behavior beheld against me??

-angela

Of Course

Alright i think that the legal drinking age should be lower than 21 cuz me being younger than 21 work 12-14+ hours a day and when i get home i would like to have a ice cold beer or a mixed drink but i still think the laws should be strict on it. Because some teenagers will abuse it. But you can buy cigarettes at the age of 18 and that will kill you faster than drinking I am a smoker but if i had a choice from a cold beer after work or a pack a day of cigarettes i choose a beer.

-Chuck

change it.

yeah its true that your brain is not fully developed at 18, but if an 18 year old ca not legally drink then why should they be allowed to go to war because in my opinion if their brain is not fully developed then why should the government allow them to put themselves in a position where they could possibly go through mental traumas? oh & btw people in the military are underage and they drink && smoke too. JUST THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SEC.

-jessica

make it 18

how can people say the people not kids thats 18 year olds are not responsible when people that is 30 and 40 years old AA

-Jennifer

Hmmm

The real reason why the age is 21 is because a teen's brain is not fully developed, and honestly 3 years is not big of a difference though I DID VOTE YES. There will still be underage drinking by people who now think omgicandriveat16whynotdrinkkkomgomgomg!! If the drinking age is lowered than teachers may have more hangovers to deal with. Personally the reason I voted yes is because I know the effects of drinking and I am not some dumb teen but there are plenty of teens out there who regardless of age drink at their parties, and with access to alcohol at 18 will do it more so. Anyways I voted yes (lmao) because it's stupid to say a teen's brain isn't done developing but they can buy tobacco at the store which is highly addictive....right...either way their brain is damaged! I say hey, if the idiots wanna screw up their brain then knock yourself out buddy!!! Everything is great in moderation. :)

-Treece

18

It should be 18. As an 18 year old, I can live on my own, get married, start a family, VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT, play the lottery, DIE FOR MY COUNTRY, but I can't consume alcohol because I'm not mature enough? I can die for my country and play a role in who rules over my country, but I can't have a glass of wine with my dinner? The makes no sense. The United States is the ONLY country IN THE WORLD where the drinking age is above 21. You may make the argument again, that even though 18 year olds do have more responsibilities and control over their own lives, that they are still too immature to consume alcohol. "They don't know how to handle it." you may say. What about everyone else? You cannot pin that on the people under 21. DUI arrests? Public Intoxication? aren't only people under 21. There are plenty of people over the age of 21 that not mature enough, or do not know how to safely consume alcohol. It's a matter of personality and character, not age. Make it 18.

-Michael

Make 18

how can you say 18 is the age of a responible adult, when they cannnot consume alcohol! either they should make it 18 or raise all the other rules to 21. that's it.

-Eric Toler

keep it 21

no way should they change the legal drinking age to 18, they are still kids. they don't know how to handle it.

-heather lynn

Whtev gets me layed

who cares what age she is 18 or 21 i just wanna get laid cuz im ass ugly haha

-jake the jerk

Make it 18!!!!

OMG i'm 19 and i am more responsible then my 24 year old brother!!!

-kelly

FIRST!!

FIRST AGAIN!!!

-Ale$$andro