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Reduce the legal drinking age to 18.

Created by T.J. on January 09, 2013

Reduce the legal drinking age in the United States to 18.

This petition is primarily about fairness in the laws regulating what an adult can and cannot do. A person should not be able to vote, be tried as an adult, judge others on a jury, buy tobacco (which kills more people in the end), buy a house, be responsible for children, own firearms, be given the license to legally kill people and possibly die for their country, and not be able to buy a beer.
Reducing the age would have additional benefits such as increased tax revenue, giving underage drinkers a place to drink where it safer, legal and regulated, as well as make drinking no longer taboo for 18-20 year olds.
The increase in drunk driving seen in 18-20 year olds would be offset by a reduction in 21-24 year olds.

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