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drinking age is 18 and consentual sex is 14 (
!FFS!)
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It's actually been medically proven that your liver is not developed enough at 18 to handle the rigors of alcohol use and abuse. So that's a big reason that we have 21 as a legal drinking age, to try and keep you alive past 40 or so. You cannot live without a liver(that sounds goofy, huh?) and if you damage it before it's mature, you are more likely to have problems with it later on.
a better reason is brain development.
its been proven that brain development stops at age 21 in males (after that its all downhill from there so get your education while you can) ;)
and.. (co-)incidentally.. the prefrontal cortex is the last part of the brain to develop. and this is where your "judgement" comes from.
your ability to seperate thought from action, so to speak. (your ability to "think before you act")
before age 21, you
WILL do a lot of stupid xxx without thinking. its natural.
the underdeveloped prefrontal cortex is the reason why all teenagers think they are invincible.
and also.. why teenagers shouldn't drink.