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Old Enough to Die, Not Old Enough to Drink
Around the globe the age of drinking ranges from birth to the age of twenty-one with the United States of America leading with the highest drinking age, the question of concern is whether or not the restriction is in place to control or to protect. Some feel that the drinking age is in place to protect all from immature behavior and ensure that individuals who drink are at the age of maturity. While, others say that the drinking age is in place to control individuals that the government feels is to young. However, the truth of the matter is that the drinking age is creating a barrier that is controlling a group of citizens that are both mature and responsible enough to handle the challenges with which they would be faced if the drinking age was lower.
The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 required all states to raise their minimum purchase and public possession of alcohol age to twenty-one years old. States that did not comply......

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