Actually, the caveats matter a lot, Bonny John. See, the question about what age drinking should be allowed is an empirical one. There is nothing that logically dictates the age that minimizes vehicular homicides/deaths is, say, 20 or 19 or whatever. Our only recourse is to look at the data and use it to inform what we already know about human behavior and then decide.

In fact, there is another caveat that might be important. I have been unable to discover that the deaths cited for driving under the influence include other chemicals besides alcohol.

I take we agree that allowing military members to drink is justified. What age would you say is reasonable to allow drinking?

Have someone you loved been killed by a drunk driver?