The 21 drinking age in the US has been very ineffective and caused many teens to drink in unsafe environments because they are not allowed to drink where people can make sure they are safe. The majority of the world has a drinking age of 18 and many Americans believe that makes sense since they are a legal adult and allowed to buy a gun, enlist in the army, etc. but not allowed to have a beer. We should allow 18 year olds to have beer and wine, but keep spirits at age 21. This will allow them to become familiar with alcohol and learn to be more safe with it.



