The drinking age should be lowered to age 18.

well again I would like to say we are not debating whether or not people at age 18 NEED to drink and we can go with his definition of need. But it is not required as I stated before it is a privelege and that privelege should be allowed for 18 year olds. "This is true, but has policing stopped drunk driving amongst people ages 21 and over? It HAS lowered the rate, but NO it HAS NOT entirely eradicated the issue. Drunk driving amongst people ages 18 to 20 is not anywhere near as big of an issue as it is amongst their elders for reasons the even my opponent as stated before, and I reasons I will state again for clarification" No issue can truly be eradicated you will have people abuse everything. Take the welfare system for example. Thousands of people who do not need welfare cheat and lie so they can receive it. I am not saying abuse is right but you can not truly eradicate an issue that is like trying to eradicate your thought process or your feelings. "Now when my opponent says that drinking was moved "to cars" I'm assuming he means that people park their cars in parking lots and have a few beers with their friends because he was talking about underage drinking NOT being policed. If they were drinking and driving, it WOULD be policed. So, with what my opponent stated, isn't the fact that underage drinkers choose to remain immobile whilst drinking a good thing? It keeps them off the roadways, so they don't drag innocent lives down with them. Lowering the drinking age would put them (though still illegal) on the streets." And as you stated if they were on the roadways it WOULD be policed. So, your point seems kind of self refuting. Also, I would like to ask how can irrefutable evidence (facts) be mindless? Just throwing that out there. "I acknowledge that the drinking age in other countries is lower and that they do drink in moderation, but it has been so since their laws were enacted and because of that they are expected to respect that privilege. If the United States dropped the drinking age to 18, we have not, even at age 21 and up, learned to respect our privileges to consume alcohol. Why do people between the ages of 18 and 20 deserve to drink if not even their elders can do so appropriately?" MY opponent says that other countries do drink in moderation with a lower drinking age. Yet, he uses no evidence to back up how the United States could not do that by lowering the drinking age. I happen to think it would and my evidence are countries like the United Kingdom or Germany. I will brink up the same point I have been bringing up if you are old enough to fight in a war draft or not. Than you should be allowed to drink. If you can vote for president and impact your country in a political way. You should be able to drink If you can decide the decision in a rape or murder case (jury duty) you should be allowed to drink. So, it seems very very unjust that the government can trust you in selecting its officials, risking your life for it and decided someone's fate for a crime they have or have not committed, to not let you drink. Surely, the drinking age must be lowered to 18 for the above arguments. I thank my opponent for the debate. And I thank the voters.