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Legal Drinking Age in the U.S

Introduction

The age at which a person can purchase or consume alcohol is called as legal drinking age. There are various laws related to legal drinking age around the world and these laws cover variety of behaviors and issues determining where and when alcohol can be consumed. The legal drinking age varies around the world. Every country has different laws related to legal drinking age since it depends on special circumstances and exemptions. In some countries alcohol laws are only related to drinking on public places while alcohol consumption at home is usually unregulated. Similarly the legal age to consume alcohol can be different when compared to the purchasing age. UK is the only country in the world where people consume alcohol at home in their minimum age. They can consume alcohol at an early age (usually 16 or 17), in some states of India the drinking age is 25 years here in Spain the legal age is 18.

Similarly there are some countries like Muslim countries where alcohol consumption is ban for Muslims or both Muslims and non Muslims at any age. In United States from 1988, the minimum age to consume alcohol is 21 but there is an old controversy in this country related to legal drinking age because youngster's says that when they can join army and go fight in war, but cannot drink alcohol (www.petitiononline.com). now a days, people are debating a lot on this topic thus in this paper I am going to discuss on the issue whether the legal drinking age in United States of American should be lowered down to 18 or not.

Discussion

In United States of America the legal drinking age is 21 because the U.S. government wanted to reduce the number of traffic fatalities caused by alcohol drinking. However people in United States are still drinking illegally so fixing this age to 21 is not going to work anymore. Today it is no secret that our country (USA) is widespread use of alcohol among young people. According to college administer researchers, staff, and administration and also by students, alcohol is the most misused substance on college campus which is illegal and disturbs the entire atmosphere of the college. When we turn 18 we are legally considered as an adult, at this age we are allowed to vote, get adult driving licensee, check accounts, get pierced or tattoo, serve on injury, drafted to military, file a lawsuit or can be sued, work for more hours, change name. pawn something, spray paints, get divorced, get married, buy lottery, adopt a child, sign legal documents, donate blood, buy insurance, earn credit, get a hotel room, work in alcohol serving establishment, go to strip club, get business licenses and so on. The above list included maturity and responsibilities. If government thinks that a person can do all this things with responsibility than can's he consume alcohol.

The most important benefit gained by government is that with lowering down the drinking ...