Evan Livingston (FGCU) Legal drinking age

In a few months I’ll be twenty years old and to be honest I’m not too excited for this birthday because I’m still not old enough to legally drink. I still have another year till I can go out and order a drink at a bar. This is ridiculous I can sign my life away to the government and go into war, legally have sex and get married and possibly start a family. Though I’m not able to order an alcoholic beverage at a bar? The legal drinking age has a huge effect on our society and the way teens and college students consume alcohol. Why when someone turns eighteen are they able to be treated and prosecuted as an adult yet can’t drink alcohol. Because underage drinkers can’t legally order a drink when they go out with their friends to a bar or where ever they are going they tend to consume a large amount of alcohol before arriving. This is called binge drinking which not only leads to alcohol poisoning but in some cases death. If these underage drinkers could order there drinks when they arrive at their destination they wouldn’t consume as much alcohol in such a short time, allowing their bodies to properly take in the alcohol. I can join the military, put my life on the line, and even kill people, but I’m not old enough to drink. Not really much of an argument there. Joining the military is wonderful thing if it’s for you, though shouldn’t you be allowed to drink at the age you can put your life in the line. War is a physical and mental battle that can take a huge toll on a person’s life. In fact I can’t think of anything more mentally damaging then watching your buddies get shot or bombed in battle. So at eighteen your body and mind is supposed to be able to handle this physically and mentally draining experience. Yet an eighteen year old can’t handle a beer with only five percent of alcohol in it. I find this to be very unbalanced, as well as unfair. Being a mother and a father is a huge role to play at eighteen yet America seems to think it’s an ok age to play the part. Even though yet again you can’t go to the bar after picking up your kids from daycare and order yourself a beer. All in all I feel that the drinking age should be more fitted to our society to make things more balanced.

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