How do you feel about the drinking age law, should it e changed to 18?

I completely agree!! I'm actually from Europe and I was always raised with permission to drink alcohol. In my country kids start drinking even before they are teenagers, and even though the drinking law is 16-18 depending on which part of Europe you're in, nobody really pays any attention to it. For example, you can do to a mall and see a buch of 16 year olds enjoying beers without anyone stopping them. Of course if the age is lowered some young people will be stupid and abuse their rights to drink, but that's just because in America they are not usually brought up with the permission to drink. I've been drinking regularly since the 5th grade (of course back then I didn't drink as much as I do now), and an 17 now. I don't feel like it has had negative effects on me, neither physically or negatively, seeing that I have grown and developed just fine and manage to get great grades at school. Of course the age should be lowered though; if we're adults and can join the army, smoke, have bank acccounts, pay taxes, vote, etc, then why not? I just think that people need to be taught not to abuse it and I think the reason the age is so high is because the American society doesn't believe that young adults can handle being able to drink.