I'm all for raising the draft age and including women, because the notion that women cannot be soldiers is antiquated and demonstrably false. We cannot very well claim young people make questionable decisions (which science supports) and then put a rifle in their hands and tell them to do their best.

In the meantime, though, two wrongs don't make a right. Those who say that people have a right to drink and smoke because they can be drafted are drawing a false equivalency. However, if that is a sticking point, simple enough: make the drinking and smoking age 21, with an exception for people who have been drafted and are serving in active duty.