Another argument often used by those who oppose lowering the legal drinking age raises the fact that the brain does not fully develop until at the age of 20-25 years. the case then why do we let 18 year olds vote and sign contracts. If they are seen as adults in the eyes of the law, then why don't we treat them as if they were adults? Another important issue raised for young adults is that it is legal for 18-year-olds to purchase and use cigarettes and other tobacco products, but it is illegal for 18-year-olds to drink alcohol. Congress is inconsistent with these laws, limiting young adults to their newfound freedoms. An even larger argument about how can a man be old enough to join the military and fight for our so-called freedoms when 18, 19 and 20 year olds aren't even old enough to have the privilege of a drink. “If you get shot, you might have a chance.” Says Alaska State Representative Bob Lynn. Lynn also served as a Vietnam veteran and sought to establish an alcohol drinking age for 18-year-olds who are currently active members of the military. I believe that if a man is old enough to go to war and perhaps even have to kill someone, then it is unreasonable and unjust not to let those men enjoy a cold experience. These young men and women are considered adults and it is wrong to not treat them with the respect and responsibility they deserve as adults. Many argue that allowing alcohol to be legalized against 18-year-olds would be dangerous due to their excessive drinking and drinking. People fear that if the legal age were lowered there would be little or no control over young adults and no limitations on their drinking, or what they could do while intoxicated. There's no way to keep them... middle of the paper... being put on them based on past experience with alcohol alone. Wouldn't it be more beneficial for a child to experience something and learn from it, rather than for nothing to happen and that child to live forever isolated from that activity? Will more and more be taken away as the future continues and as we make mistakes? Through safety courses and increased technology we can let these young adults experience the tastes of alcohol but at the same time we can keep them safe from it. The fact of the matter is that we are treating these young adults unfairly. Our next generation of doctors, lawyers or even just ordinary workers cannot continue to live under the restrictions imposed by their ancestors. One day we will have to raise the borders, let them go and make their own decisions, but until then they will continue to remain protected and limited by our laws.