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Drinking age, where should the line be drawn?

A proposal to decide upon a lower legal drinking age.

Summary:

The following proposal outlines why the legal drinking age should be lowered from 21 years of age to 18. The proposal will show the purpose of lowering the age, since at the age of 18 people can be tried in courts as adults, be drafted, buy tobacco products or even buy fire arms. Since 18 is the age of most freshman students in college, why should you have to wait three more years to drink legally?
Need:
Lowering the legal drinking age from 21 years of age to 18 will prevent many arrests by police towards college students. Underage drinking occurs frequently in college and the students who are under the legal age are often harassed by police. By lowering the drinking age it will permit those who are underage from finding legal buyers to buy for them so that they are able to socialize with older friends. Lowering the legal drinking age will help discontinue a lot of unneeded problems between police and...

Posted by: Ryan Wilkins

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