You are right. people think that drugs and drinking will help them in life well its not  and i cant say i have not had a beer my self but  don't go out and do stupis things

Increasing the drinking age will only cause anger throughout the country, and more rebellion. More rebellion = you guessed it, more underage drinking. 

I believe that you should be able to drink from a young age, like 8 or 9. This might sound crazy, but children in Italy have a small glass of wine a couple times a week with their dinner. 

If we had that in the US, then people wouldn't feel the need to rebel and drink alcohol when they aren't supposed to, because they would have already drunken (sp?) from a young age. 

I disagree, if the government trusts you to judge whether or not you're ready to give your life for this country, then why don't they trust you to drink?

I definitely agree dat the age should be increased....people any age aren't responsible anyways..rather less people who are younger then 21..

alcohol itself should be banned.. many families every day are affected by drunk drivers...

People only think short term they never think about the consequences their actions might have..

   My only real thing i have to say to this post is that i completely disagree. I have been able to drink all of my life. My mother and father let me have bits of their wine, and whiskey growing up, and even my own little cup, and the same went for my five siblings. We were never raised to look at alcohol as a bad thing . . . . it just was. It can be abused! But so can ice cream, and obesity sure kills a lot of people out there! 

   Alcohol clouds your judgement. Yeah. So? Has anyone ever realized that making it illegal the way it is, not only teaches nothing about the substance itself, but has the opposite affect as it should. Have you ever realized that a lot of times, when someone is told not to do something, especially at a young age, it pushes them into feeling like its something they HAVE to try? Its the common side effect of making something taboo. 

   I was raised in a large family, with no qualms about liquor. We understood it, we had all had shots of whiskey before 15, and you know what? none of us has had a problem since. Because for us, liquor has never been some risky thing to do on a friday night. it was something that we were taught about as we grew up, taught about its effects, and experienced them, and therefore, knew when enough was enough, and never got lost.

   if you like the idea so much of illegalizing it for further years, maybe you should do a little research first. For one, you were wrong, the human brain does not actually finish developing until 25/26, a good two to three years longer than you said. And if we really NEED so bad to keep liquor away from people till their brains have fully developed . . . . well, before you draw that conclusion, maybe you should look into the drinking ages in other foreign countries . . . and, subsequently, their teen violence, and drunk driving problems. I think you would be surprised how there doesnt seem to be to big of a correlation between the AGE  and the amount of problems that arises. If europe has a sixteen/eighteen year old drinking age, then their should be a extra three years worth of possible drunk driving, and other impaired judgement accidents, right? well, the statistics dont say so.

   It isnt the age that we start drinking, it is how we are taught about alcohol in the first place. Respect it. realize that it is just a substance, that can be used for positive relaxing purposes, or overindulged in, and become dangerous. But anything can be that way.

   if you understand the substance, respect it, and know its boundaries. There is no reason to further illegalize something that is natural, when we can simply start a proper education for it. I am sorry for your past experiences with drunks, and druggies, but i think that they have left you jaded. There is no such thing as a bad substance; there is substances. There is only bad users. And there is only bad users, because they werent taught a proper understanding of the cause and effect. They were simply told, 'dont do that! its bad for you!'

   Yeah, well, thats effective, isnt it? Because SO many teens, and young adults, do what they are told, right.

   stop telling people what to do, and start educating them on effects, ramifications, and benefits. Thats my two cents. 

Personally, some days I do agree with your statement that the drinking age should be raised, others it should be the same.

But whatever happens, people will still act recklessly because they are under the influence of alcohol regardless of age.

If by whatever the reason the drinking age is changed to an older age, there will still be teenagers/young adults out in the streets being drunk. Today people will very happily get their mates or kids some form of alcohol. The police can't catch every person buying alcohol or underage drinkers under the influence. Although this sounds unfortunate it is true.

Yes people have been caught and been told of or even been sent to court I don't think anything will change whatever the law does.