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abused by getting drunk. On the one hand, we promote alcohol
intake in early childhood as a religious ritual, and yet on the
other hand, we restrict alcohol intake until the age of twentyone because of its negative effects. This example makes note of
the contradiction that people have different views of drinking
alcohol as a religious belief and social use; even though
drinking law has been set at the age of twenty-one.
Based on these four facts, people who favor keeping the
legal drinking age at twenty-one should reconsider their
thoughts. Citizens believe eighteen is the age of maturity,
since we have given teenagers the right to vote, drive, marry,
smoke, and join the army. If they are able to perform all these
important duties, then they can drink as well at the same age.
Besides, the fact that no matter how hard we restrict
teenagers from getting a drink before the age of twenty-one,
some attempt it anyway. Nonetheless at least we can try
lowering the legal drinking age from twenty-one to eighteen to
prove that teenagers can learn good habits in order to drink
alcohol.
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