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[31miracles]

Should the United States get rid of their drinking age limit like many other countries?

I believe the United States should get rid of the drinking age.
It is actually safer not to have a drinking age. When many people in the U.S. reach the drinking limit, they celebrate by getting dangerously wasted. Countries like France do not have such a big drinking problem like the U.S. because they have no drinking age. Not having a drinking age will allow children to drink. If it's legal to drink, young people will become more mature. They won't have the joy of being a badass drinking underage. In China, almost everyone drinks, and there are a few accidents.

The drinking age in America cause hundred of thousands of people, celebrating being old enough to drink, getting rushed to emergency rooms every year.

[lovescream]

your brain matures at the average age of 21. i saw on a video that teens who drink damage their brain because it isn't fully developed and do worse at school then kids who have never touched alcohol. i kinda just wished that alcohol was totally illegal.. but then again, the points a lot of members have made here sound better off. i'd totally either go for completely illegal (but then it'd 'cause a lot of problems also), but yeah.. no age is good too.

[sweetangel2128]

[font=tahoma][size=1]your brain matures at the average age of 21.

I totally disagree on that one. Your maturity is NOT based on your age. I've seen 35 year olds who are as immature as a 10 year old child. I actually became mature at a young age..I think I was 16, I'm 24 now.

i saw on a video that teens who drink damage their brain because it isn't fully developed

What video is this? I'd like to see it! I don't believe the teens brains were damaged because of that reason..it doesn't matter if your 15 or 31...your brain will be damaged either way...alcohol is damaging but it also depends upon how much you drink..they actually say red wine is good for your heart.

[lovescream]

I totally disagree on that one. Your maturity is NOT based on your age. I've seen 35 year olds who are as immature as a 10 year old child. I actually became mature at a young age..I think I was 16, I'm 24 now.

i meant your physical brain; the actual brain. not your mental one. i know people mature at different ages, but you're talking about the way they act/think. yeahhh.

What video is this? I'd like to see it! I don't believe the teens brains were damaged because of that reason..it doesn't matter if your 15 or 31...your brain will be damaged either way...alcohol is damaging but it also depends upon how much you drink..they actually say red wine is good for your heart.

It was a video we watched in sex ed. class. alcohol tied in with rape, so we watched it. Since, like I said up there, your brain doesn't fully develope until age of 21 (some people's develop earlier and some develop slower), it damages your brain more easily when it's still immature. But you're right, it damages anyone's brain who drinks alcohol. It's just that they were focusing on teens and alcohol on the video and made a point why teens shouldn't drink and should wait until the legal age.

[sweetangel2128]

i meant your physical brain; the actual brain. not your mental one. i know people mature at different ages, but you're talking about the way they act/think. yeahhh.

That makes no sense at all.

Your totally confusing me...I mean what do you mean your actual brain...your mental brain is your actual brain and maturity IS based on actions and the way you think and that is the whole purpose of your brain. I don't believe people are immature have more chances of brain damage...I just don't believe in that.

IMMATURE: emotionally undeveloped; juvenile; childish.

Now, if your talking brain capacity..then okay, but you put "immaturity" into it not brain "capacity"...

made a point why teens shouldn't drink and should wait until the legal age.

Well...yet I disagree again..one reason is because the only reason people think a young person should wait is not because of our the brain functions but because of the maturity level...when your older your more likely to be responsible when you drink...it has nothing to do with your brain being damaged...cause even if you do wait till your old enough, there are still chances of damages accuring.