Drinking Age Should Not Be Lowered

10,076 people were killed last year due to drunk driving. Drunk driving is one of the major problems that comes with alcohol, and as the years go on, more and more teens are choosing to drink even though it is in fact illegal. So this brings up the question, should the legal drinking age of alcohal be lowered to 18 years old? Many people around the nation state that teens of 18 years old are developed enough to not get affected by alcohol, that it would decrease binge drinking, and that teens would have to be private about drinking and could do it in more supervised, safe environments. But, after research, it is clear to see these claims are not true or reasonable. The legal drinking age should definitely not be lowered because of the negative medical effects, the lack of responsibility and control of teens, and the more overall teenage drinkers.
The first reason that the legal drinking age should not be lowered is because of the negative medical effects it has on the the mind and body. A large number of people and docpers even say that 18 years old compared to 21 is not much of a difference at all. This may be true to a point. Yes, physically that are very similar but the mindset and maturity is very different if look at carefully. First off, A quote from Dr. Williams Graf who is a professor at Yale states “There's no magic that happens physically to someone when they are 21 as compared to age 18. This is what men a woman say about teen drinking from a medical standpoint. Yes, a good majority of 18 year old are physically
Maybe one day when everyone knows how important it is to not drink at an young age, then there wouldn't be 10,076 deaths related to drunk