Drinking Age

The drinking age should not be lowered to 18 because not every legal “adult” is going to be mature enough to handle being intoxicated. This is still an early stage into the grown ups world, so not all 18-years-old can make wisely thought out decisions especially in deciding when, where, and how much they should drink. In order to drink, a person has to know his or her limit and has to be able to decipher between what is a smart decision and what can turn into a fatal tragedy. College students, who just acquire their new freedom, are usually zealous in abusing their privileges including partying and clubbing late at night. Their reasoning isn’t as logical as experienced adults. I’m not saying all 18 years old are immature, but not all are mature either. If the drinking age is lowered, asides from the choice to go to class or not and whether to sleep in their room tonight or not, they also have a choice of whether to drink or not without the pressure of doing it illegally. I do realize underage drinking isn’t uncommon, but the number will increase if it’s no longer considered wrong to drink at 18. Intoxication involves lapse of judgment and making the wrong decision at the age of 18 is very crucial.