You loose control of yourself, when you drink. So it is an idea to drink with real good friends who takes care of you.

Yes. If you can drive, vote, marry, buy a home, etc., why should you not be able to legally drink? Anyways, most people begin drinking well before they are 21. Think of it this way, by the time you can LEGALLY drink, most people are well into their college years..

I live in Australia, our drinking age was lowered from 21 to 18 and now we have a national alcohol problem. It appears teens (even as young as 14 year olds) binge drink in 'experimentation' and can't get themselves to stop. This increased tenfold when the legal age was lowered. The Federal Government is now discussing whether to return it to 21 again. I am 17 and even I know it didn't work. Don't make the same mistake we did. Freedom will come, your health or life (in many cases) should not be risked for impatience.

WOO! ALCOHOL!!!

if your old enough to drive and make decisions for yourself about voting and such you should be able to enjoy some kind of alcoholic drink.

the brain doesnt fully develope till a person is 21. so if they drink before that age theyre not letting it develope.

What would it matter if they did or didnt kids would still buy it no matter what the "legal" age is. Signed, The Great Wolverine

I don't really care. Regardless of age, people are still going to get the alcohol even if they shouldn't have it.

it doesn't matter what age people start drinking at. the fact is that the more difficult we try to make it the more kids want it because of the taboo we as a society put on it. the only way to learn is to drink. teach your kids to be responsible adults and stop blaming age. you as a parent ARE responsible for how your children grow up to be. look at yourself in the mirror and blame yourself for how bad our society and our laws and our economy sucks. you are responsible. we screwd it up and now we look at others to blame kids should learn to drink first than drive.

I do not think the age should be dropped. I cannot think of any 18 yr old I know who is responsible enough to handle that. I think that in certain cases like lets say someone is in the military they should have the right to drink at 18 but that is the only case I believe in it. I think that college is bad enough with the underage drinking and pure stupidness why make it legal and easier for these people to be stupid. For the college girls to become more slutty and the boys to be stupider I dont think so.

Young males females should read about some of the alcohol poisonings that happen at college parties. The "children" do not yet have the discipline necessary to be drinking at 18, 19, or 20 years pf age. They have no sense of the meaning of the word "death" or crippled for life or worse yet killing or hurting someone else. Please don't Drink until you understand the damage you can do. Thanks for letting an old lady speak. I KNOW, Please believe me!

It would be a mistake to lower the drinking age.
It seems the under 21 are careless and do not recognize when to limit themsalves.

No one should drink at all

I believe the drinking age should be raised! These young adults have shwn that they cannot make good decisions while drinking at the age of 21 why would anyone think it would be a smart idea to lower the drinking age so that even younger and more people could be on the lose.

NO...It's true that not all 18 year olds are immature.
BUT,if a person is matured and responsible enough,he/she should know better that it's better to wait until 21 to be sure that he/she is doing something he/she could already handle.

NO! For all the obvious legal, moral, and overall safety of our youth.

In my country the legal age for drinking is 18, but I don't think that's good, because the majority of them drink because it's cool and because all the cool people do it. OK, at 18 you might have an idea regarding what's good for you and for your body, but you don't see it clearly, you're still making decisions based on what other people think about you.At 21 you might have a chance at life, because at this age you should be able to take better decisions for you.

Its 18 where we live but there is clubs letting people in at 14 and 15 and they are drinking and being sick everywhere and leaving the toilets in a terrible state. I think drinking at 18 is ok but they should do more in clubs to make sure that nobody under 18 is getting in.

I think as long as you graduated or have your GED and your 18 you should be allowed to drink.

Aa the age limit is 18 already in australia i personnally as mother wish that the age limit in australia would be 21. I dont think it will matter weather the age limit is 18 or 21 kids will still drink alcohol if the want, they will find some way of getting there hands on it.

Drinking screws you up. i say no.

If a person is old enough to die for their country, then they are old enough to have a drink. Not all 18 year-olds are stupid and immature when it comes to drinking or driving. Also imagine a young couple engaged at 19 or 20, who in their right mind would seek to deprive them of champagne at an engagement party or at their wedding. Its ridiculous, luckily for me i live in Australia and will legally be allowed to drink in a few months. i hope others will come to their senses and help lower the drinking age in America.

I Live in AUstralia where drinking age is already 18. Only recently we had 4 kids (yes at 18 you are still socially a kid) killed in an alcohol related driving incident. We have kids sleeping under bridges cause they're to drunk to get home (and they're not homeless). A good home will stop this you say?? No sorry it doesn't necessarily mean this. 18 is too young 21 is fine

i say it should be lowered one year... 20.... your not a kid anymore at 18... your an adult... youve had to years to get your life just barely started, and you should be able to have fun just a tad bit earlier.... be cautious tho... drinking is still dangerous...not that it will stop younger ppl from drinking b4 20 or so....

21. here you can drive at 18 and well the kids who step in a car at 18...well lets just say make sure you wear a seat belt and have enough airbags

Here in Australia you can drink, drive, marry ETC so i don't need to worry!

Instead of lowering the drinking age, we should raise the age to vote, serve in the military, be on a jury, etc. to the age of 21. An 18 year is STILL a child and should be given more time to mature before making such major and potentially fatal decisions about their lives.

I AGREE IT SHOULD BE LOWERED OT NINETEEN, IF PEOPLE SHOULD DRIVE AT SIXTEEN. THAT IS A BIG RESPONSIBILITY. PEOPLE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FO THEIR ACTIONS, PARENTS COULD BE PUNISHED IF AN INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT ACT PROPERLY. IT IS HYPOCRITICAL. LOOK AT CANADA. OTHER RULES SHOULD BE STICITER, LIKE JUVENILE DELINQUENTS. THEY SHOULD GO TO BOOT CAMP AND BE PUNSIEHD SEVERELY....PARENTS NEED TO ACT LIKE PARENTS, INSTEAD OF WORKING TOO MUCH HOURS. OR BEING SELFISH AND DOING SOCIAL EVENTS. IN OTHER COUNTRIES, FAMILY COMES FIRST. IN NORTH AMERICA IT IS MORE ABOUT HAVING THREE TV OR SPENDING MORE TIME WITH YOUR SPOUSE...WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN? FAMILY SHOULD COME FIRST.