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Consider the madness that has the US considering that a young person does not have the maturity to drink alcohol responsibly until 21, yet is mature enough to cast a vote for President at 18, and is mature enough to have sex which involves risk of pregnancy or a fatal disease at an even younger age

I agree that this is nuts. And think that half of those kids sent to Iraq couldn't legally drink a beer in celebration when they get home!

My view is that we need to pick a reasonable age when adulthood is declared - I like the idea that it's 17 or 18 (ie. out of high school) and that's when the drinking, marriage, military service, sex, etc. can begin. I don't like the inconsistencies of the laws right now.