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Because there is no such thing as safe monitored drinking for 18-21yr olds.  Please tell me how you suggest doing that?  People make it seem like all kids drink.  I can assure you that many teens do not drink one sip of alcohol.  Many do yes, but many do not.  This is not a let's try it our phase before college.  Then it will turn into a let's try it out before high school.  You lower the age, you lower the age of that forbidden fruit.  [/quote]

There is no such thing as safe, monitored drinking for 18-21-year-olds? How do you know this?

Nobody is saying that all kids drink alcohol. However, as you say, many kids do drink alcohol. And people start to drink alcohol in middle school (some people), high school (more people), and college (even more people).  This was true when the drinking age was 18, and it is still true now that the drinking age is 21. Lowering the drinking age to 18 again would not cause 11-year-olds to start to drink alcohol.

Also, why is it ok that a 20-year-old can legally vote, sign contracts, get married, serve in the military, and buy a gun, but not drink a beer? You haven't answered that question.[/quote]

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