I am an international student from Germany studying
years, starting my third year. Turning 21 soon, I,
personally, do not have a problem with
the difference of allowances here in the US as opposed
up. There young people are considered "adults" when
they turn 18, and that is also when
they are allowed to get their driving licenses AND
Here, in the U.S., youth are allowed to drive when
buy and consume alcohol until they turn 21. This
creates a dilemma and knowing how it
is with the difference of these laws in European
countries, for example, I would like to
I, myself, do not have any big problems with the fact
drink and buy alcoholic beverages because I am not
Regardless, in my two years here in the U.S., I've
experienced that despite the law and
the costly tickets that are distributed if the laws
are not followed, a large number of
minors still drink at parties and other gatherings and
apparently do not care about the law.
In addition, recent acquaintances of mine, age 21
alcoholics and are struggling to fight the addiction
and aggressiveness. And that at their
age? When they both just passed the "legal" age? I
think that the drinking age should be
lowered to 18 because then people won't disobey the
law as a strike-like opposition. Also, young people
should discover the responsibilities of consuming
alcohol and its consequences at an earlier age.
Throughout the world, 18 year olds are considered
Another thing that is not totally separate from what
I've been talking about above,
is the driving age. I do not agree with the fact that
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