Legal Drinking Age

"But the statement makes clear the signers think the current law isn't working, citing a "culture of dangerous, clandestine binge-drinking," and noting that while adults under 21 can vote and enlist in the military, they "are told they are not mature enough to have a beer." Furthermore, "by choosing to use fake IDs, students make ethical compromises that erode respect for the law."

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Not only do I think the legal drinking age should be reduced to 18, I also believe that children even younger than that should be allowed to have *a* beer or two with their parents approval and supervision. Many other nations around the world allow children as young as 13 to drink at family dinners, parties, etc and in doing so show their youth that drinking is not a game. In America we play beer pong and flip cup and binge drink and do keg stands because we are not allowed to drink for a quarter of our lives. So in our youth we hide it, we steal it, we over do it. Once we are allowed to drink we make a mockery of ourselves out at bars and clubs becoming slobbering idiots because we weren't raised in a manner that made alcohol a more abundantly understood and less tabooed subject matter. What a joke we are as a nation when it comes to alcohol and drugs. Instead of serious debate and deep thought we just push them to the back burner and ignore the real issues. If politicians think that talking about lowering the drinking age or legalizing marijuana is a ridiculous debate then they are sadly mistaken, these are real issues with real consequences that need to be addressed.