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DRINKING AGE DEBATE
Should the drinking age be lowered to 18 years old, when one is considered an
adult, and assumes adult privileges and penalties, or should the drinking age remain at
21 years old, since people are more mature and therefore, can be safe and responsible
with alcohol?
I believe that the drinking age should remain at 21 years old because lowering
the legal drinking age would not be in the best interest of the public's safety, as well as
today's youth.
The most fundamental argument in favor of keeping the drinking age at 21 is the
prime reason it was put at that age in the first place: the body and brain of an
adolescent cannot fully form and perform to its potential if its development is
interrupted by the infiltration of alcohol. Teen brains are sponge-like and are designed
for maximum learning capacity. Alcohol interferes with learning and memory. In a
Duke University study, students who binge drank every weekend of their freshman
year......

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