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I think a big reason for the drinking age being 21 is that we have tried to separate the age at which we begin to drive, from the age at which we begin to drink. There's a reason why teenagers have the higher insurance rate premiums than any others group. That's not to say that other people will not get DUIs, but the chances that teenagers will drink and drive are higher. Furthermore, here in the US, we are very dependant on being able to drive to get places as opposed to Europe/Asia/South America where public transportation is readily accessible/available, in that sense I feel drunk driving doesn't pose as much of a problem as it does here. I was raised in Colombia, where drinking is normal part of every day life, so there wasn't that pressure that exists here in the US.
Having said that, I believe that the drinking age should be lowered to 14/15, but at the same time raising the driving age to 17/18. Just as long as we don't give out both driving and drinking priviliges at the same time.
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