Drinking Age

I have no problems with drinking alcohol. I know that sometimes it can serve as a good accompaniment to a meal or other social situation. I know that it can be enjoyable to drink, but like anything, it must be taken in moderation. If used without responsibility and maturity, it can take devastating tolls on people, families, children, and society.

I don't drink alcohol, but that fact alone won't change anything. I understand that some people need to create cognitive illusions using depressants and hallucinogens excessively to live with themselves. As for the drinking age, I don't think lowering it will help or hurt much of anything. The unfortunate truth is quite a few kids eighteen and younger consume alcohol. These kids are incredibly immature to drink in the first place, and are incapable of knowing when to quit. This, perhaps more than anything, is the saddest issue of any. While there are exceptions, most people who start don't know how or when to stop. This applies not only to people who are eighteen, but to people who are twenty-eight, thirty-eight, and much older. They fail to recognize what they are doing to their bodies, their minds, and their lives. If you cannot be happy with who you are when you're sober, chances are you're not going to be much happier when you're intoxicated.