Write eight brief paragraphs in which you apply the critical thinking processes to analyze the pros and cons of the legal age for the purchase and consumption of alcohol should be lowered to 16 years old.

Write eight brief paragraphs in which you apply the critical thinking processes to analyze the pros and cons of the legal age for the purchase and consumption of alcohol should be lowered to 16 years old.

For decades, ever since the days of Prohibition, in fact, many politicians, academics, and parents alike have engaged in the drinking age debate – the question being whether or not the legal drinking age of 21 should be lowered to 18?

The topic never seems to fully disappear, and New Hampshire and California are two of the latest states to reignite the drinking age debate with political proposals hoping to gain support from voters.

The California proposal^[1] aims to make the purchase and consumption of alcohol legal for those 18 and up, while the New Hampshire bill^[2] would make it legal for those aged 18-20 to drink beer and wine, as long as they are in the presence of 21-and-over adults.