In the article “Perils of Prohibition”, Elizabeth M. Whelan argues for the legal drinking age to be reduced from 21 to 18. One piece of evidence that Elizabeth uses to support her argument is an analogy where she compares voting, driving, marriage, serving the army, etc. to drinking. She makes this analogy in order to attempt to show how if 18-year-olds are mature enough to do the adultlike things mentioned, they would also be capable of drinking at that age. This analogy is weak because it does not consider the different consequences that drinking has compared to the activities she mentioned. Alcohol can lead to irrational thinking, which can have major life consequences the where decisions cannot be undone. She also does not consider how