Problem #2
The restrictions currently in effect are bias and unfair to young adults. Let us consider all of the things you are able to do at the age of eighteen. At the age of eighteen, laws entitle a person to lease a house/apartment, get a tattoo, purchase pornography, smoke cigarettes, buy a lottery ticket, go to war, and even vote for who will be running our country. Wait a minute, Americans can vote for who runs our country and go to war at the age of eighteen, but we cannot responsibly have a beer? The government is clearly implementing, or suggesting, that voting is something to be taken lighter than consuming alcohol. The best solution is for parents to step in, do their job, and teach young adults how to responsibly handle alcohol. So, when a teen becomes legally able to make that decision they are prepared and know how to limit their consumption. “So it's perfectly acceptable to send a young man to war where he can kill others, but if he has the privilege to drink, you're scared that there is a chance he could drive and kill others?” (You Can Go to War 1). Legally given the opportunity to go to war, where brutal killings happen every day, but not being given the right to consume alcohol is an absurd concept that needs to be fixed. Parents/guardians are trusted with the lives of children every single day. Parents should also have the chance to responsibly inform their children about the risk involved with alcohol, but the NMDAA restricts that from being possible. Underage drinking is only in effect because the age for the legal consumption of alcohol is too high. Other countries have fewer issues with drinking, because kids are taught at a young age how to control their alcohol and not use it in excess. It makes much more sense to train kids at a younger age, than to just let them go off to college never understanding what drinking consist of and getting themselves into dangerous situations.