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I believe the US drinking age should be lowered to 18. CMV

Coming from an obviously biased opinion as a 19 year old college student hanging around with mostly 21 year olds, I do not see why the drinking age is 21 when someone is considered an adult at 18. Prohibition didn't work for the population when it was in place, and this is basically prohibition for a segment of the adult population. I know that the federal government offered more incentives for highway construction or something like that to states that changed, but I'm curious what the actual effect was after the age was raised.

To show my bias, here's what recently sparked my fury. Spring Break road trip with my friends to Colorado. Late at night on a day of constant driving (through scenic Nebraska no less) those of us who already took our driving shifts decide to have a couple beers. Driver gets pulled over for speeding. Cop smells booze and asks to see IDs of everyone. Whelp turns out if your over 18 but under 21 you have to go to jail for drinking in Nebraska so I get arrested and it is a non-waiverable offense, meaning I am legally obligated to go to court to in all likelihood end up with a simple ticket. Which for such a small crime, is ridiculous as it requires me to get time off work and pay for a lawyer and a plane ticket as I live in the midwest just because I didn't want to wait two years to have a couple beers? Please don't waste your time telling me if I can't do the time, don't do the crime. I'm an adult. I go to college. Have a job. Pay my bills and taxes on time. And I drink responsibly. While that may not be true for everybody my age, it sure as shit isn't true for everyone older either. Maybe there should be some sort of licensing program like driving, but for drinking so that those of us who can prove we can responsibly drink aren't punished because of those who can't. While I got some attention, on an unrelated note, anybody know who I should talk to about my circumstances if I'm looking to get someone to do something about this? County judge maybe? 

Anyways, try to convince me why 21 makes sense as the drinking age.
gpt
First: *Get a lawyer now.*  

If we are going to live in a country with as many rules as the US has, we are going to break most of them.  It is useful to learn how/when to do so, and alcohol provides an excellent gateway.  By putting 18-year olds in a situation where they will drink illegally, we are teaching them how to keep order without the police around and govern themselves; how to distrust silly rules; etc.  However, this argument only applies to states where the drinking age is enforced lightly.

Your specific situation is obviously extremely distressing, since you were prosecuted with a heavy hand.  You were not caught drinking: you were a passenger in a car, and something about that car smelled of booze.  You didn't have to show ID since you were not driving, but you did, so now they are charging you.  

I don't know what they are charging you with, but if you pay a ticket you will be pleading guilty to it.  This can affect your job search, depending on the details.  Get a lawyer, fight the ticket hard if it will show up on your record, because you don't want to check off a crime every time you apply for a job.  Before you go with the cheaper option (pleading guilty, pay the ticket), make sure you know what the ramifications will be.