Should the national drinking age be lowered to 18?

Yes

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  by Anthony Megna

  Created on: July 05, 2009   Last Updated: September 03, 2011

  If one is old enough to die for our country, one is old enough to drink ! It might be true that the

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  by Zach F

  Created on: July 03, 2009

  There are several arguments as to why the drinking age should be lowered to 18. Three in particular

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  by Algy Moncrieff

  Created on: July 04, 2009   Last Updated: July 17, 2009

  The problem is undeniably a serious one. Alcohol abuse, especially amongst young people who are supposed

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  by Scott Gowing

  Created on: April 26, 2012

  There are many misguided rules and regulations out there in the name of public safety. However the one

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  by Kyle Cook

  Created on: June 04, 2011

  The tenth amendment reads: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution,

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  by Mathias Scriptor

  Created on: October 06, 2009   Last Updated: October 09, 2009

  Gordon Gee, president of The Ohio State University, "strongly believes that a comprehensive review

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  by Ted Pichler

  Created on: July 08, 2010

  A question of importance continues to spring up in cities across America. Should the drinking age be

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  by Author Name Withheld 135

  Created on: July 04, 2009   Last Updated: July 06, 2009

  I am a resident of the UK, where the drinking age is already 18. I genuinely believe that lowering the

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  by Lynelle Herndon

  Created on: July 03, 2009

  Of course the national drinking age should be lowered to 18. There is no good reason why it was raised

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  by Joseph Whalen

  Created on: July 08, 2009   Last Updated: July 13, 2009

  Given the propensity of underage drinking now and the ease with which our youth are able to acquire

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  by Nero R.

  Created on: May 24, 2011   Last Updated: May 25, 2011

  Changing minds or tightening the limits?

  The drinking age varies from nation to nation, and there are

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  by Stephen Pratt

  Created on: September 01, 2010   Last Updated: September 03, 2010

  Pouring over the Pros and Cons of lowering the drinking age, I think both sides have valid arguments,

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  by John Bosworth

  Created on: July 02, 2009   Last Updated: July 14, 2009

  The real debate here is whether the projections used concerning traffic fatalities to compel the age

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  by Christina Lynn

  Created on: July 02, 2009   Last Updated: July 20, 2009

  At the seemingly young age of eighteen, the government allows a person to die for our country, or vote

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  by Kenneth Boser II

  Created on: July 03, 2009

  The national drinking age should be lowered to eighteen years of age. Why? Because everything else happens

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  by Austin Temple

  Created on: July 03, 2009   Last Updated: July 08, 2009

  If we're going to ask if the drinking age should be lowered from 21 to 18 years of age, we must first

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  by Khyati Dalal

  Created on: July 06, 2009   Last Updated: July 11, 2009

  I do believe that the national drinking age should be lowered to 18.

  If at 18, one becomes a legal

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  by Judith Schnee (Judith Lynn Schnee)

  Created on: July 04, 2009   Last Updated: July 06, 2009

  I have thought about the topic of lowering the national drinking age for a long time. I believe that,

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  by Bobbie Smith

  Created on: July 06, 2009

  Experience, not the law, brings maturity. Whether you have your first drink at 8, 18 or 28, it isn't

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  by Ted Sherman

  Created on: July 02, 2009   Last Updated: July 16, 2009

  Why lower the drinking age to 18? Because it is a national joke. Do you know any 18-year-old who has