Introduction Paragraph for Assignment #5

Drinking alcoholic beverages is part of our culture and right of
passage as young adults turn twenty one and have the ability to buy
and publicly drink alcohol. However, those 21st birthdays are probably
not the first time those young adults have experimented with alcohol.
As teenagers get older their responsibilities and choices broaden.
When a person turns 18, he or she is considered a legal adult with the
options of buying cigarettes, lottery tickets, and voting in
elections, to name a few privileges. If a person at the age of 18 has
the power to vote for the next leader of our country, he or she should
be trusted with the ability to use alcohol. After the drinking age
during the 1980’s increased to 18, teenagers have not stopped drinking
and some people believe this law has contributed to an increase in
extreme binge drinking. Other countries are not as strict with their
drinking age and teenagers there do not abuse alcohol because of how
common it is socially. If the United States had the drinking age
changed to 18, teenagers could be more responsible with their
alcoholic intake and their decision making using alcohol.