The Lion's Pride vol. 2 (Jun. 2014) | Page 146

139 Four Reasons to Lower the Legal Drinking Age to Eighteen Hetal Patel Hi! My name is Hetal Patel, and I am enjoying my study at LWIT. I believe this college not only educates the student, but it helps to bring out the hidden art from the individual (like me). It is like finding a pearl from the ocean. I thought maybe I can give it a try to submit my essay, and I realized I could. So, I decided to let other people know that they can come forward with their hidden art, too. Every year drunk driving casualties increase in the United States despite governmental efforts to lower the counts. Most people think that teenagers in their late teens are more involved in fatal accidents under the influence of alcohol. Do eighteen and nineteen year olds find the legal drinking age of twenty-one so troublesome that they cannot wait a few years to drink? Some people think it is a good idea to leave the legal drinking age at twenty-one while some agree with lowering it to eighteen. I think the legal drinking age should be lowered to eighteen. As we all know, young adults have the right to get married, smoke, vote, drive, and join the army once they are eighteen. It seems pretty much like they have the freedom to do everything that pleases them. There are no restrictions and regulations