Lower the drinking age?

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A controversy that has been hanging over everyone's head lately is the issue of whether the drinking age should be lowered or not. Many people think that lowering the age could just possibly save millions of lives while others beg to differ. They know that teens drink anyway, so why not? They also think that kids 18 and over can drink, with the exception of a drinkers' learning permit. I believe this is all a terrible idea and it should remain at the steady age of 21. Lowering it can cause absolutely nothing and a tremendous amount of time is wasted on this issue. It's pointless and shouldn't be tampered with.

One reason I see how legal drinking can't fix anything is how when some people won't care if it's law or not and they'll do it anyway. Thus further damaging what's left of our society. Another thing that makes it bad is that most eighteen year old kids drive, and if drinking at their age is made legal, they will find some way to abuse it. Possibly resulting in them going overboard and driving after they've been drinking. I see this just as a way to make it okay to have colleges parties where heavy amounts of liquor are involved.

Parents who allow their government to lower the age are basically signing their child's death certificate. It's also quite hypocritical because parents nowadays want their child to have nothing with alcohol, but once the government says it's okay and it is not illegal anymore, will they say it's okay? Will they let their child be able to drink, with a learning permit or being of age? Most likely because their child can't get in trouble theoretically for it.

Yes, it's true how some articles claim this could possibly the thing that saves kid's lives. It can't save someone's life if they drink constantly or over the limit and it starts to corrode their internal organs. I don't see how that helps at all because it solves absolutely nothing. The idea of lowering the age doesn't help our economy out so why invest all this time and effort into something that will probably be removed, because some abuse it, or at least will cause serious damage in the world later on. Personally, I think the drinking age should remain at 21.