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The risks would be high if it was 18.  its a high risk of drunk driving, alcohol poisoning, and violent and/or destructive behavior
https://mic.com/articles/14574/top-3-reasons-why-the-drinking-age-should-not-be-lowered-to-18#.dzt3Huiqd

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18 years old are not mature enough to drink because they might do stupid things when they are drunk //http://debatepedia.idebate.org/en/index.php/Debate:_Lowering_US_drinking_age_from_21_to_18

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Honestly if the drinking age gets lowered people who are like 18 can start to drink where there are licences to have alcohol like restaurants bars so they can actually get limited to drink less and they will be watched by people around them instead of being somewhere where they aren't gonna be watched like at a house party 18 is also the age where we turn into legal adults we should also make our own decisions but we make a special class for people turning 18 required to learn the dangers and stuff of drinking and how to drink responsible
http://www.indiana.edu/~engs/articles/cqoped.html

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I think the drinking age should stay at 21 because young adults are still some what immature still and no one is full mature until 25. so they are more likely mature enough not to make bad  choose well drinking.
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=141164708

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21 should be the age for drinking because it safer and less accident when you are drinking at the age of 21. https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2008/09/08/a-lower-age-would-be-unsafe

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i think it should stay at 21 because people don't fully mature until 25 and 21 is closer than 18
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=141164708

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i think you should be able to drink at 18 but just not be able to buy alcohol you should have to be 21 to buy alcohol, it seems to be working for Canada as well, and if the drinking age is 21 there are going to be those edge lords who will drink secretly but if the drinking age is lowered they might lose the satisfaction of getting away with something illegal.

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I do not think that the drinking age should be lowered because it will increase the drunk driving accidents.  If we have newer drivers that can now drink it would be a disaster, because our culture is irresponsible.
https://drinkingage.procon.org/

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I think the drinking age should stay at 21.  I think that if they kept it at 18 kids can use alcohol inappropriately and can mis use it.  If they also kept the age at 18 the teens have a higher chance of getting sick when they get older.  It is safer for kids to wait till they are 21 so then they are more mature to have fun with alcohol when they want.
older.https://drinkingage.procon.org/

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I think it should stay at 21 because teens aren't mature enough to handle consequences.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/05/18/keep-drinking-age-at-21-teens-arent-mature-enough-to-handle-consequences/

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i do not think the drinking age should be lowered because younger teens will have easier access to alcohol from there 18 year old friends https://www.theodysseyonline.com/pros-and-cons-of-lowering-the-drinking-age-to-18

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I found that the 21 law has saved peoples lives on and off the road. When your 18 your brain has not developed all the yet (it still isn't done developing at 21 but is closer the the end of development). The early you drink that less your brain develops so if you start drinking at 18 you brain would have 3 year less development then if you started at 21 http://alcoholthinkagain.com.au/Parents-Young-People/Alcohol-and-the-Developing-Brain/Impact-of-Alcohol-on-the-developing-brain

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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/thrillist/is-it-time-to-lower-the-d_b_9633254.html

i think once your the age of 18 , you should be treated like an adult since that is the age you become one . because at the age of 18 you can vote , opereate a motor vechile , pay taxes . fight for your country and all sorts of stuff . it is only right that you you should be able to treat yourself with a drink or two .

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I think the drinking age should be 21 because to start with consuming alcohol at 18 can stunt brain development this could leave them more likely for addiction and it makes them do things without thinking properly. In a study they showed raising the drinking age can reduce the amount of car accidents.
https://drinkingage.procon.org/

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18 year olds are barley adults, they would just be doing the dumbest things ever if they got alcohol easy. If they lower the age it will increase car accidents. https://drinkingage.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=001610

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Drink ages should be 21 because older adults are more responsible and if 18 year old don't drink they are less likely to get involved in violence and charges. http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/15/health/science-drinking-age/index.html

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I think it should be 21 because it saves lives and also it could protect the health.
https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/minimum-legal-drinking-age.htm

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One reason to keep the drinking age at 21 is because it is associated with violent behavior.  If minors have there hands on this there will be much more abusive behavior in this world and we already have enough of that.
https://mic.com/articles/14574/top-3-reasons-why-the-drinking-age-should-not-be-lowered-to-18#.zCLzGTjll

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https://drinkingage.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=001610

Alcohol abuse is already a huge worrisome for parents in the US. There are 10.1 million underage drinkers in the US whose ages range from 8th graders to early college students. This is a big deal because college students are taking the leading percentage and its due to the fact that they had already consumed alcohol when they were younger. The amount of alcohol underage drinkers consume is 4 or 5 drinks every 5 months, and the amount of alcohol legal age drinkers consume is 2 or 3 every 9 months. This just proves that if someone consumes alcohol the illegal age, it will create a chain reaction of constant usage that they won’t be able to stop. Aside from over usage, underage drinking increases the risk of STI’s, rape, and car accidents.

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Return the drinking age to 18, and then enforcethe law. The current system, which forbids alcohol toAmericans under 21, is widely flouted, with disastrous consequences. Teaching people to drink responsibly before they turn 21 would enormously enhance public health

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Other reasons why the drinking age should be stay at 21 would be because in countries were the drinking age is lowered they see more intoxication in teens and higher binge drinking in ages as low as 13. Making the drinking age 21 would lower alcohol consumption making teens healthier.

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the drunk driving percent would go up because 18 year olds just turned into adults and think there responsible and can drive drunk

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the age now is good because most people have been on their own for a couple of years and can make their own decisions more clearlyhttps://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/24/479327382/for-first-time-in-130-years-more-young-adults-live-with-parents-than-partners

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once your 18 , you could be charged as an adult when you get arrested , but you cant go to bar and have a drink , so that doesnt make any sense to me . because the law basically treats you like an adult once your 18 , but the public bars dont .https://www.huffingtonpost.com/thrillist/is-it-time-to-lower-the-d_b_9633254.html

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I think you should be able to drink when your 18 because your an adult but only if you choose to drink.

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It is much better for it to stay at 21. It saves lives, and people are more mature at 21 than 18, they can control themselves better. People's brains do not stop developing until they are 21, and making it stay at 21 will greatly reduce the risk of that person into having trouble with alcohol. https://4prevention.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/the-top-five-reasons-we-should-keep-the-drinking-age-at-21/

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Since the 21 law was widely enacted, the number of young people killed annually in crashes involving drunk drivers under 21 has been cut in half. If it is lowered to 18, alcohol would be more accessible to kids, and they would more likely end up having troubles with it if it is more accessible; those things especially affect teens since they still have a continuously developing brain. 21 drinking age has saved lives. https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2008/09/08/a-lower-age-would-be-unsafe

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You should be the age of 21 when you are drinking because you will be in less accident when you are driving with other people and less people do not drink at the age of 21.

https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2008/09/08/a-lower-age-would-be-unsafe

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I think the drinking age should be 18. Most countries around the world have a drinking age of 18-19, and still have less or similar accident rates while drunk.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drinking_age

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I think the drinking age should be lowered to 18 as very few teens actually get arrested for underage drinking and it would provide increased revenue for bars and restaurants.
https://drinkingage.procon.org/