Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered from 21?

Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered from 21?

Do you remember your first taste of alcohol? How old were you? Twenty-one? All 50 states currently demand that their citizens reach age 21 before they can legally drink. But there's a growing movement that says mandatory minimum laws may do more harm than good. When determining the right date when a young person can take one of their final steps towards personal responsibility and freedom, what's the right answer?

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madninjamonkey
Alcohol messes with your brain cells

Your brain isn't fully developed until you're 25. Don't you think that you should wait until you're at least 21 before you start messing it up? Read More

- madninjamonkey | December 16, 2008 7:21AM

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