Lower the drinking age or Keep it the same?

I believe that the legal drinking age in America should be 18. Not just because I am 18 but because I believe that the saying “when you turn 18 you’re an adult” says it all about us being able to drink. If we are adults, then we are capable of making adult decisions. In other countries, they are taught more about drinking at a younger age then we are ever taught. I believe that if drinking awareness would be taught more in school then having the drinking age be 18 we may be even more capable of making decisions. Even adults die in car accidents from drunk driving it isn’t always just teenage drinking. Both writers David J. Hanson and William De Jong have valid points in both of their articles. Hanson talks about how we should have a license to drink if we are of the age pf 18-20, we would take a course as we would if we were getting our drivers license. De Jong’s article talks about how if one thing were to happen it wouldn’t change the outcome at hand, he believes the drinking age should stay at 21. Although I do believe that the drinking age should or could be 18 I like the way William De Jong has his article written. Hanson’s article was written well but I believe that his arguments in some way aren't very reasonable as De Jong's are. Hanson’s argument about how alcohol doesn’t damage your brains like everyone says it does is very intriguing, because he brings up how people in other countries that allow kids to drink young do not have any brain defects. Although my opinion still has not changed about the drinking age, I do believe that both writers mad good points about both sides.