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Legal Drinking Age
At 18 years of age, there are many responsibilities gained, such as being able to marry, but one cannot drink alcohol at the wedding reception because every state in the United States has set the legal drinking age at 21 years old. The drinking age has a major impact on the 18-21 year-old crowd because many feel drinking is a right they should have since they are considered adults. This is an issue that faces the national and state governments. "The United States passed a law in 1984, to raise the drinking age to 21, and would reduce highway funds for states that didn't change the age"(Hall). The drinking age should be lowered to 18 years of age, because one is considered an adult, and assumes adult privileges and penalties.
The website, Lowering the Drinking Age is a Bad Idea, by Jim Hall states that lowering the drinking age is a bad idea solely based on statistics. The statistics he used were all based on research from highly respectable sources such as......

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