[lakraboob]

The good points at restricting the drinking age:

Teen years and pre age 4 are the two times when the human brain is the most susceptible to altering substances. It makes sense to be very careful about your intake at these times.

Teen's aren't very wise at times. They are smart, but not wise. A lot of the stupid stuff done with alcohol is done by teens.

Increasing the drinking age lowered the amount of accidents in america by a lot. A lot of 21 people.

A lot of bad stuff is done by alcohol use, most people who don't start drinking until they are >21 never abuse alcohol.

Bad points about restricting the drinking age:

They do it anyway. Having defacto law breaking is never a good thing. Then people decide it is OK to break the law (same issue with speeding).

They are adults, they should be able to choose things for themselves.

I remember thinking that there were three points here, but can't remember the third right now.

Jon Miller