私醫聯招 英文歷屆試題｜第 138 題

The legal drinking age should be lowered from 21 to about 18 or 19, and young people should be allowed to drink in the presence of adults in such settings as restaurants, taverns and pubs and at official school and university functions. Allowing young people to consume alcohol in such controlled environments would enable them to learn mature and sensible drinking behaviors. The defiance of current drinking-age laws is readily apparent among university students. Students under age 21 are more likely to be heavy, or binge drinkers—those who consume over five drinks at one sitting at least once a week; 22 percent of students under age 21 classify themselves as heavy drinkers, compared with 18 percent of students over age 21.