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The current legal age to purchase alcohol in each state is 21, some states ban consumption of alcohol by those under 21, while others allow it to be consumed with parental permission. Either way I think it should be lowered to 18. Nobody should be able to risk dying for this country and be denied a beer. If you think people are too immature at 18 to drink, they are too immature to join the military or handle weapons. Either we need to increase the age to join the military, or lower the drinking age.
I don't think there should be a drinking age and I think all drugs should be legal. I don't drink and don't do drugs but 30 years ago I tried both. The "nanny" state takes the blame, but the bootleggers during Prohibition were the major supporters of Prohibition. Does that mean brewing companies and big Pharma are today's primary supporters of such laws. I'd say yes. The common sense approach to drinking/drugging belongs with parental responsibility.