According to the NYRA, National Youth Rights Associations, Most Frequently asked questions pamphlet, in April 2001, Only four Countries on the entire planet have a drinking age higher than eighteen. These four countries include Ukraine, South Korea, Malaysia, and the United States. All other countries have lower drinking ages, and many don't have any drinking age at all. I believe the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen in the United State due to the fact …showed first 75 words of 482 total…

…showed last 75 words of 482 total…were soldiers under the age of twenty one. That is 396 men and women that died defending their country, yet could not legally sit at a bar and drink a beer. Sounds crazy right? Some people argue with this point that soldiers can drink on base no matter the age, but this still means hypothetically speaking one could go fight in a war, return home and not be allowed to have a social drink with friends.