After people in the United States reached the age of 18, they are no longer considered a child or juvenile. They as adults have the right to elect their political leaders in state, federal and local elections, purchase certain firearms and ammunition, and even enlist in the military. They are considered legally independent adults. You can officially move out away from your parents, you can't be considered as an orphan, you can inherit property outright, and you can legally sue somebody, company or organization. However, they are denied a very simple right; the right to purchase or consume alcoholic beverages. Foresee, a twenty year old man can go legally kill people or be killed for his country, but he would be denied the right to have a beer with his dinner. 

Take a look and compare the United States with Germany. Germany is a country whose laws differ in some way compared to the United States. Like many countries around the world such as Germany and Italy, it is legal to consume fermented drinks like beer or wine at the age of 16 but you are not permitted to purchase, sell or serve any form of distilled alcohol to those under the age of 18. I had a friend that traveled to Europe for a month for vacation with her mom in the summer of 2015. She like most of us in this class are under the legal drinking age in the United States, but when she crossed into international borders the rules immediately differed. I communicated somewhat with her while she was overseas and all she could talk about was one thing, how great it was to be able and legal to have a few glasses of wine with her mom in a public bar. After hearing that, I started thinking really why some countries over in Europe and other places regulate their drinking laws differently than the United States. Pursuing this question is only a small part of the reason I'm so interested in undertaking the underage drinking problem in America. As a United States citizen and being college student where drinking is the norm for most, I feel very qualified to take on this horrendous battle for the right to help change America and make it great again.  

This topic is one that could be clearly arguable and have many different views on both sides of the topic. Reasons people believe the lowering of the drinking age would be better for this country are; it is usually said that an 18 year old has less tolerance as compared to a 21 year old. Although this might be true, in most cases you don't really know how much you can handle until you try it out. Tolerance doesn't come with age; tolerance comes with realization of responsibility. Countries such as Italy, China, Australia, and Germany are some of the countries where the legal drinking age is lower and they seem to have fewer alcohol related problems. The current laws in terms of legal drinking age have caused more alcohol related deaths than there has ever been. Take a freshman in college attending his or her first sorority or fraternity party. When young adults drink at a party or other event involving alcohol they seem to drink more because they don't know when they'll be able to drink again so they tend to over drink. If you were to regulate that, the problems would decrease tremendously. These are just a few reasons I've researched while looking up this topic. 

Three sources that are outlined on my work cited page clearly state the reasons to support my argument to why the drinking age should be changed back to 18. Gabrielle Glaser, an author and writer for the very well-known news source, The New York Times, writes about how the United States needs to lower the drinking age to 18 and better enforce it to prevent future mishaps that may occur. Hence, the word enforce, which is the main reason the United States had to raise it in the first place.  Brandon Griggs, who is a very prestige writer for the major news source, Certified Clinical Nutritionist (CNN), elaborates on the difficulties most college students under the age of 21 deal with on a regular basis. His interest is more towards, if it does change back, what are the most important affects Americans are going to deal with. My last source isn't the most credible but it definitely reviews some of the foremost topics regarding the pros and cons. ProCon.org, analyzes and explores this very controversial issue in today's life.  

To reflect on the desired situation, this topic could not be more arguable. There are so many and I mean so many reasons to why the age ought to be lowered and to why the age ought to remain the same, but I have found enough evidence to bring the house down. Allowing 18- to 20-year olds to drink alcohol in regulated environments with supervision would decrease unsafe drinking activity, is just one piece of evidence to support my claim. On the other hand, lowering the drinking age will invite more use of illicit drugs among 18-21 year olds. This is a huge argument among the Mothers Against Drunk Driving or MADD, whose ideals brought congress to their knees, to lower the age in the first place. That's just a small disagreement. To conclude, my research topic I feel is in the right perspective to have a great argument. 

