The individual US states were essentially blackmailed into changing the legal drinking age from 18 to 21 with highway funding as the collateral. It is essentially used as a way to fund police forces, as these offenders rarely go to jail and instead are fined and put on probation. This is a violation of our civil rights. If 18 year olds can serve in the military, vote, operate a vehicle, be executed, and in general be treated as an adult, then they should have the right to consume an alcoholic beverage.



