Why the Drinking Age Should be

Imagine yourself, 18 years old. You fall in love and decide to get married. Law allows you to get married at 18, yet at your wedding you have to toast with Apple juice, because you can not get champagne for another year. This is just one of the many reasons I believe the legal drinking age should be lowered from 19 to 18. The Age of Majority Act says you are legally an adult at 18. At 18 you can own …

…e set at 19. The percentage of our population that consumes alcohol according to Statistics Canada: 55%. So you see, the drinking age needs to be lowered in hope that teens will not find it so alluring. The lower the legal drinking age, the more teens you have drinking in controlled environments such as bars, taverns, and pubs. Rather than at unsupervised house parties, or parks. This will teach more responsible drinking therefore keeping our kids safer.