The Drinking Age

I am now researching the drinking age in the United States. I believe that the drinking age should be changed from 21 to 18. In the United States when a person turns 18 they are considered an adult; they can choose to join the army, they can vote, buy cigarettes, choose a college, live on their own, decide what they want to do with the rest of their life and they can go to jail. They are given all of the responsibilities and privileges of being an adult. I think that it is absurd that a person can choose to join the army and put their life on the line at the age of 18, but that their brains are not developed enough to drink alcohol. I think that this is lacking logic and needs to be reevaluated. If we are considered adults at 18 then the drinking age should correspond with when we are considered an adult. If people’s brains are not developed enough to have alcohol then there is no way that we should allow 18 year olds to make these other life changing decisions.