For example, if the legal drinking age was lowered to 18 this would allow 18 year olds to go to bars and clubs where they are stared at by bartenders and bouncers while making sure you don't consume too much alcohol. Allowing 18-year-olds to go to bars and clubs puts them in a supervised place where the amount they can consume is regulated, unlike when they drink at a house party. “Prohibiting this age group from drinking in bars, restaurants and other licensed venues leads them to drink in unsupervised venues such as fraternities or house parties where they may be more prone to binge drinking and other unsafe behaviors” (ProCon .org). The MLDA or the minimum legal drinking age of 21 was set to regulate the age at which alcohol is consumed. Although the MLDA is set at age 21, it is quite ineffective because most teenagers will consume alcohol anyway. If we lowered the drinking age to 18, the emotion and sense of lawbreaking in drinking alcohol would decrease. “Normalizing alcohol consumption as something done responsibly and in moderation will make alcohol consumption less of a taboo for young adults entering college and the workforce”