At what age should it be legal to drink?

OK no matter what we do or say teens are going to drink anyway, but at what age should they legally be allowed to drink.

im a heavy drinker but ive said 21
dont really know why but they seem very young at 18 and vuknerable

If 21 was the legal age to drink
its ironic that some of these young men would not have been old enough to drink yet sadly, old enough to die
http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/flash/soldiers/tol_soldiers_flash_gallery.html

I voted 18.

The answer is I feel not in the age of drinking but the attitude towards drinking. The legal age at present is eighteen but young kids are finding it easy enough to get access to alcohol just now. Its considered cool for them to go out and get smashed most weekends and many land up in A&E.

Parents ( not all ) dont seem to be bothered either when its there child whos caught or staggers home under the influence. 'Oh we all did it' is the statement most of the time.
Yes maybe but they are getting younger and younger. The answer I feel is changing everyones attitude and leaving the responsible people alone so that at eighteen they can still buy a drink.

Ok now where do I put my soap box. ;)

can you still have sex and get married at 16 but cant watch a horror film till your 18

mmmm thats a good one you can bonk around in the bedroom at sixteen legally but cannot go and watch an over eighteen movie with too much sex in it.

so at what age do you think it should be legal

I think it should be 21. There's a greater sense of maturity and responsibility I feel. Most 18 years old i know can't handle their drinks, and they take our seats in the pub which is unfair

this is a hard one as no two folk are the same.
you can get married at 16.....and you can smoke at 18.?
join the forces at 16 go to war n kill at 18
drive at 16 for a bike n 17 for a car. ..(thats a dangerous thing )

whats the worst o these things???...personally i think the age of drinking should be 21.
but there are a lot of 21 yr olds less mature than some 16 yr olds.

I voted 18.
I don't think age makes a person mature.
A 21 year old who can't drink responsibly, isn't as mature as an 18 year old who can.

And to quote an old argument: "If your old enough to die for your country, you're entitled to any and all adult benefits."

Can't argue with that musksnipe. I think it should stay at 18 as well.

I would vote, but it won't let me.

its 18 up here in Canada