The USA should lower the drinking age to 13 to promote more responisible drinking

Clarification of the round 1.First of my opponent doesn't realize that in debate you are trying to talk to whoevers voting for you. 2. The job of the first person debating is to state an argument relating to the topic that I would respond too and he failed to do so. I decided since he provided an opinion based off topic argument I would simply provide a layout of my argument. I win the round anyway He claims his Case he provided in round 2 is for both 13 year olds and 18 year olds but its specific to 18 year old drinking thus his case falls since he doesn't prove the resolution. Round 2 is for stating your case and his case didn't prove the resolution thus I win the debate anyway. I will extend my contentions and attack his claims Contention 1. Why underage drinking wouldn't work HE claims this is purely opinion based but its not. It's a philosophical argument not an opinion and in a sense its common sense. Also his whole case he provides in contention 2 is mostly opinion based so I don't see why he would be upset by a structure he himself utilizes to present his not topical case. 1.Underage working will not work in America for many reasons. We can look to a statement that explains drinking practices in certain geographical locations. On http://www.sirc.org... the database makes the following statement. "In terms of everyday transitions, cultures (such as the US and UK) where drinking is associated with recreation and irresponsibility, tend to have higher levels of alcohol-related problems. " In societies with an ambivalent, morally charged relationship with alcohol (such as the UK, US, Australia), "celebration" is used as an excuse for drinking." Drinking in other countries drinking is shown to be like this "Societies in which alcohol is traditionally an accepted, unremarkable and morally neutral element of everyday life - such as the Southern European cultures of Italy, Spain, and Greece - tend to favor "uninhibited", highly visible drinking-places, with large windows and open spaces, such that customers are clearly displayed. Even where the climate does not allow permanent outdoor tables, a glassed-in pavement section is common. The drinking-place extends physically into the environment, overlaps and merges with the everyday world, just as "the consumption of alcohol is [as] integrated into common behaviors as sleeping or eating. Also what we Americans call "clubs" is different in those countries. In our country clubs are wild and full of crazy activities. If you go to a high school party you know what I mean. In other countries they have meeting areas where young teens specifically drink in a organized calm matter. Drinking is a normal non-extreme activity that isn't seen as intrinsic to moral character or intrinsic to an individual. Also drinking like this has been done in those countries for generations. It's an established tradition not a recently formed activity. Its common sense that it will take a lot for Americans to ever view drinking as a common activity like sleeping or eating. Next we must define tradition tradition=a way of thinking, behaving, or doing something that has been used by the people in a particular group, family, society, etc., for a long time- Merriam Webster The reason why this information is so intrinsic because this ends his contention 5 and contention 4. HE states that we must expose 13 year olds to drinking so they can get used to it however traditions can take decades sometimes centuries to change as shown on http://www.sirc.org.... Just like his analogy on learning to drive this would take time... and way more time then learning to drive. This article http://fwcs.k12.in.us... states that adolescents lack the ability to judge how much the should drink. Letting 13 year olds drink is not worth it as stated in the same database "lack of concentration motivation, and missed assignments are signs of drug abuse, this leads to drop outs. Also the brain is undergoing transformation around this age as shown in the article I presented above and the article even states that no amount of drinking is safe for 13 year olds. The fact that substance abuse among 13 year olds leads to drop outs leads into an article done here https://www.dosomething.org... that shows the lost possible income from a student dropping out of school. Alcohol consumption on a mass scale by 13 year olds will have drastic affects. Furthermore no major politicians are proposing to lower the drinking age to 13 because they realize this method will not work. My opponent doesn't prove that such a drastic policy will even be able to be passed and utilized in the American society. The only reason this method of lowering drinking to 13-15 or so works in other countries is because its tradition that has been established for generations. That raises a question for my opponent, "how can you change the way society as a whole views drinking?" He hasn't shown this in his case at all. He has no solvency or proof of implementation. Viewers he fails to show us how he will effectually implement and insert a new detrimental drinking policy in America in a short time frame before the negative affects hit 13 year olds and increase drop out rates and unemployment rates in America. This makes his contention 2 go against him "11% of all alcohol is consumed in the US is by people aged 12-20. And about 1 in 4 8th graders (which is the closest I can find to 13 years old) have consumed alcohol beverages." The fact that this many are drinking is already reflecting on drop out rates across America. But there's another problem with this statistic he admits it has its faults. He states himself "this isn't specific to 13 year olds" he assumes this isn't' important but it is since 13 year is a very complex hormonal state for many individuals. Its a fragile stage for the brain as well as shown on http://fwcs.k12.in.us.... Not a good age to drink, and passing a policy to legalize drinking for 13 year olds will increase this 1 out of 4 statistic to 3 out of 4 in no time. But furthermore I looked this study up and and it didn't show whether it was conducted in mid class areas, rich, or poor. This is important because in a study done over single sex education published from 1968 to 2013 with a sample of 1,663,662 participants across 23 countries it shows how many studies done over single sex are skewed. It showed how the studies to prove the benefits of education were not done in poor areas to improve credibility. To explain this further where I went middle school in a middle class area drinking wasn't an issue, however my Uncle taught in a poor area in Houston in HISD where 13 year olds getting pregnant was normal. He doesn't show that this statistic isn't just like the beauro statistic that 1 out of 3 black people go to jail. Mostly applies to poor areas. His contention 6 just gives me the burden of provide empirics and I did that already the same article shows that of adults who started drinking before 15 40% develop alcohol dependence as well. It's pretty much impossible to compare empirics for not drinking at 13 to ludicrous opinions/theories for video games leading to violent activities. His biggest argument is his only contention left #7 and his main argument which I almost failed to address which would have led to a lose for me in the round. I fail to prove that the drinking prohibition works. Man if only my opponent competed in debate. I only have to disprove the resolution. The pro has the burden of solvency. To make it simple I just have to prove the resolution is wrong. I don't have to provide a solution to replace the proposed policy/solution I just have to prove its illegitimate or attack "USA should lower drinking age to 13." Also for a second forget everything I said and just consider the concept. 13 year olds drinking? That's ludicrous!!