Lower the Drinking Age to 18 Years of Age

To lower the drinking age nation wide to 18 years of age. If an 18 year old man or woman can risk his or her life for their country and is responsible enough to make the decision to join the armed forces or many other life changing decisions why are they not responsible enough to consume alcohol wisely. Furthermore, many countries have drinking ages that begin at 16 for the consumption of beer and wine and 18 for the consumption of hard liquor. These countries also tend to have less drunk driving fatalities and accidents.