Drinking age lowered to 18?

[Devour]

Re: Drinking age lowered to 18?

But then again, what makes 18 so different than 21, anyways? (Other than 3 years.) 18 is the point where one is considered an adult. So if said "adult" chooses to misuse the responsibility, then his/her consequences will fall upon his/her shoulders, because he/she is now an adult.

The same thing with gambling. If an 18 year-old wants to go in a casino and dump his/her money down a slot machine, again, the responsibility will fall upon his/her shoulders. In my opinion, it should teach the new adults responsibility and what they shouldn't do, or the limit for doing it if they decide to.

[s0ulst0n3]

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Drinking should be made illegal in general.

It's harmless! Not the best idea. :P

EDIT: I completely agree with Devour. <33

[Netjet!]

Re: Drinking age lowered to 18?

It's at 19 in Canada D:

[Kinspin]

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On one side, if they are old enough to fight for our country then they should be able to drink but on the other side 18 year olds(including myself) shouldn't drink because they aren't responsible enough for that, and are more likely to drink and drive.(maybe)

[IAAW]

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Drinking makes you drive.

[i love gabba]

Re: Drinking age lowered to 18?

It's at 19 in Canada D:

18 in Canada

[s0ulst0n3]

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18 in Canada

It's actually 19 here in Ontario.

[devonin]

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Actually it is 19 in canada, and 18 in certain select provinces.

As for the US, there's no federal law about drinking age, except that if the state sets the age at lower than 21, I believe the federal government says it will withhold federal funding to manage and maintain the road system.

So if California really lowered the age to 18, I imagine that's going to be accompanied by a nice tax hike to cover their new expenses.

Edit: I can find no mention anywhere of a lowering of the drinking law in any US state. Source your claim please?

[dood gone krazee]

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Drink don't Drive.

Also, my parents heard of this and were freakin' out. Hehe they are like "Too bad you're waiting till you're 21 still!" D:

[MalDON]

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No need to get all fritzy over this. The drinking age is still the same in the US. There just a bunch of colleges who want to push the lawmakers to lower it, probably to increase profits by selling booze on campus.

[MrMagic5239]

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This could be reasonable, I wouldn't mind it much

[Plan_Bsk81127]

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Woot, less then 2 years to go for me! lol.

[Mans0n]

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Yeah thats what I heard on the news, pretty much what walrus said.
It was on channel 24, I can;t remember the news station name.
also they found body parts in a storage place in bakersfield.
probly bill clinton since i havent heard from him in a while.

[MystictheHedgehog]

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I agree with foilman and [TeRa]. Alcohol just needs to be made illegal. What good does it actually do? There is so much more risk added to everyday life with it even around. Most people just drink it to escape their everyday life. Which means they are basically using it as an antidepressant, and oh hey, there are pills for that in which everybody who comes within 200 feet of that person won't be put at risk. It's basically a drug, and if drugs are illegal why can't alcohol be? Sure, there are people mature enough just to have a sip of wine at a party, or something along those lines. But too many people just use it to get ****-faced and escape from life. Maybe 15% of the U.S. can maturely handle it. But that 85% endangers everyone else.

I wish the would make it illegal altogether. This won't happen though. That's why I would like to see a push for it to be raised, not lowered.

[User1176756]

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For Americans! It should be like this! Old enough to go to war, old enough to drink!