34. Should the alcoholic drinking age be increased or decreased

I believe that the drinking age should be decrease, now I'm not saying because I regularly practice drinking as my thing but I'm saying I think at the age of 18 it would be an appropriate drinking age for America.

• 18 would be an appropriate drinking age because 18 years old because at 18 many young adults are at the age of going off to collage to become adults. For some part you're on your own and you that's when you start making you're own decisions on what you want to do. You should have the mind set of knowing what it does to you and your body and the affects that it will cause.
• At 18 you can already buy cigarettes, weapons, go to war and buy other items that you don't need to be over the age of 21 over. So why not be able to buy alcohol at the age of 18? You should know all the facts of alcohol and what it does to your body as it can harm you. Cigarettes can harm your body just as much and people put the own risk to them selves.
• When you're 18 you want to be able to do the things you want to do and you get urges to rebel against parents and or cops. Many teens who are under ages drive home drunk because they are afraid to call their parents admitting that they are drunk to get a ride home and this may lead into a serious accident or getting pulled over and getting a DWI. So with lowering the age will increase peoples safety on the roads while driving home
• Lowering the drinking age would increase the restaurant and bar and grill economy because many people under the age of 21 want to enjoy the activity of drinking and should be able to get served at the age of 18. I say if the person gets hurt and or pulled over for drinking they should pay their own consequences by paying a fine or face legal consequences
• Also, many other surrounding countries have a drinking age under 21