Respone to Why 21?

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In response to the original article I agree that the United States are harsh on the drinking age laws. It's almost as if the lawmakers are claiming that young adults in America are too immature and irresponsible to handle drinking beer. Other countries have ages such as 16, 18, or parental consent. Why determines the age of 21 to be a mature age? An individual can go across seas to die for his or her country but they can not drink alcohol because they don't have the responsibility? Isn't there a lot of responsibility given to an 18 year old when they are given a loaded gun? It just doesn't make sense! In high school my school had the opportunity of foreign exchange kids to learn from our country. One thing most of them didn't understand was the drinking age. He knew that in his home country the age was 18 (Germany) and it was respected. The interesting thing is he noticed that in America people have people obssessed with underage drinking because it's a revolt against the governments set of laws, and in college everyone does it. In the United States we constantly have alcoholics that develop from waiting to the age of 21 then going crazy with binge drinking at parties which leads to serious injury or death. Compared to overseas where people develop it into a steady habit instead of instantaneous binge drinking, and it is respected overseas also. What is holding the government back from changing the age to 18?