Alcohol+Age+Limits

= = ==As of right now, the minimum drinking and purchasing age of alcohol is 21. While we do want to change part of this law, there is one thing that should stay the same. ==

==The purchasing age of alcohol should remain at 21 because if people could purchase alcohol at the age of 18, more underage drinking would occur. This would be because at the age of 18, most people are still in High School, and many of them are friends with and spend time with people that are either younger or or the same age as them. ==

==The drinking age, however, should change to 18 years old. When people turn 18, they are thought of, in most areas, as adults. By having the drinking age currently at 21, the government is being inconsistent by not allowing those under 21 to drink while being treated as adults in other areas of life. Also, when alcohol consumption is forbidden for people under 21, it becomes more desirable and underage drinking increases. ==

==Our new policy on drinking/purchasing ages is better than the current way because it gives people the freedom that they didn't have before in this area that they have already been given in all others since they have turned 18. ==



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