Progressive Drinking

I am writing about how the drinking age should not only be reduced to 16 for beer and wine and then 18 for hard alcohol but for this to work how the driving age should then be 18 so people learn through responsibility.

heres the opening so far....

For years there has been the controversy over having a drinking age that limits underage drinking, binge drinking and to control the affects of drunk driving. There is a solution. Lowering the drinking age, through progressive means is the answer. Young adults should be able to indulge in casual drinking such as wine and beer at age sixteen and then be rewarded, when coming of age, as an adult at eighteen with hard alcohol. The one last thing that would go into this, to control all factors would be to higher the minimum driving age to eighteen. This would not only find a common ground, it would teach individuals to respect drinking because it would no longer be a rebellious act, it would also help teenagers make personal decisions and be more independent. Finally, the safety factor is huge. Instead of having kids drink and then ‘rage’ the streets, or have unsupervised house parties teenagers could then drink at clubs that were age oriented, at home and feel good around their parents, or at dances and concerts where arm bands could mark your age. Not only would kids be in safe environments but this could open up the larger factors of public transportation, especially in big cities so kids would never have to worry about driving, and those who were eighteen and able to drive would have to make responsible decisions, knowing the pressing life and death consequences of drivers under the influence.