Why is the legal limit for alcohol procurement in USA unnormally high?

Question

Why do the law restrict us kids to to get alcohol until the age of 21? Most countries only do so til we are 18 and some even 16. Its unfair! And besides there is no justification for preventing us to drink it out of free will if we do so in moderation. They say all citizens have a right to make own life choices and that kid got the same rights as adults as humans yet we are being treated unequal.

Answer 1

The drinking age was 18 when I was a kid. I do not see why it was raised and believe that you have a valid argument. However I do not believe it will be repealed any time in the near future. Mostly this has to do with the federal financial aid that states receive for highway improvements. To lower the legal drinking age would be to go against Congress and funding would be cut off or severely curtailed, an almost unthinkable act in today's economy. That and people have bought the idea that it is somehow good for you. You have my permission to drink as long as you act responsibly, for what it is worth. I did not let 18 stop me. I began long before that.

Answer 2

I do think that it should be lowered to 18 if you can vote then you should be able to drink. I don't think people realize that the D.U.I's aren't higher in the younger generations , it's kind of equal. There is a petition for this somewhere on the internet. I don't know if it'll go any further. But 21 is a little absurd. Because most kids, 11-20 drink legal or illegal.

But whatever.

Answer 3

Why don't you look up the dui rates here in the U.S. We don't need little punk kids out on the streets driving drunk. We have too much problem as it is.

Answer 4

A.P.E. The American Puritan Ethic dictates that you can send an 18 year old to kill or be killed but you cannot trust him/her to drink!!!
Paradoxically OUTRAGEOUS!!!