Should America Lower the Drinking Age?, 21 to 18? Rating Options

[smile4me]

Should the drinking age be lowered in the United States?
I think no.

[sadolakced acid]

with the drinking age at 21, this is what's going to happen.

i'm going to go to college
my roommate will offer me a beer
i will take, but have never had beer, so i'll drink too much and become drunk.
i will not know now to drink responsibly.
sophomore year, i get to have a car at college
and i'd still drink irresponsibly

if the drinking age were 13, then

at 13, my parents would let me drink some beer
they'd teach me to drink in moderation.
they'd teach me the dangers of drinking too much
and the effects of drinking on driving.
and at 13, i'd probably still listen.

at 16, i'd be a veteran drinker. but under parental supervision. i'd have never been drunk, and ever drinken too much. when i start driving, i'd know the penalties of driving drunk.

at 18, when i leave for college, i will have been drinking for 5 years and driving for 2 years.

so, when my roommate offers me beer, i do not foolishly play a drinking game with him, decide to drive to the drugstore to get something to help the hangover, and crash van, killing the family inside.