I am an international student from Germany studying
             here, in the US, since two
            
             years, starting my third year. Turning 21 soon, I,
             personally, do not have a problem with
            
             the difference of allowances here in the US as opposed
             to back in Europe, where I grew
            
             up. There young people are considered "adults" when
             they turn 18, and that is also when
            
             they are allowed to get their driving licenses AND
             legally buy and consume alcohol.
            
             Here, in the U.S., youth are allowed to drive when
             they turn 16 but not permitted to
            
             buy and consume alcohol until they turn 21. This
             creates a dilemma and knowing how it
            
             is with the difference of these laws in European
             countries, for example, I would like to
            
             expound on that topic.
            
             I, myself, do not have any big problems with the fact
             that I am not allowed to
            
             drink and buy alcoholic beverages because I am not
             much of a drinker anyway.
            
             Regardless, in my two years here in the U.S., I've
             experienced that despite the law and
            
             the costly tickets that are distributed if the laws
             are not followed, a large number of
            
             minors still drink at parties and other gatherings and
             apparently do not care about the law.
            
             In addition, recent acquaintances of mine, age 21
             and 22, both turned out to be
            
             alcoholics and are struggling to fight the addiction
             and aggressiveness. And that at their
            
             age? When they both just passed the "legal" age? I
             think that the drinking age should be
             lowered to 18 because then people won't disobey the
             law as a strike-like opposition. Also, young people
             should discover the responsibilities of consuming
             alcohol and its consequences at an earlier age.
             Throughout the world, 18 year olds are considered
             mature enough to drink.
            
             Another thing that is not totally separate from what
             I've been talking about above,
            
             is the driving age. I do not agree with the fact that
             people here in the U...