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Subject: Should it be legal to drink at age 18?

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Posted by: Noobkilla73
No, drunk drivers and texters in high school = bad.


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  • 11.27.2012 1:02 PM PDT

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Posted by: Mitochondrion
Sure. They can drink in England so I don't see why not in America whereby you're allowed to have sex with 90 year olds and go to war to get shot in the face and have you legs torn off by shrapnel, I can't see why one should not be allowed to consume alcohol in a bar.
But high-schoolers are irresponsible dicks. I would know, I am one. Which is why I say 18 with a diploma/GED (indicated on your license with a mark), otherwise it's 21. Once you're 21 the mark is no longer used because it's irrelevant.

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  • 11.27.2012 1:06 PM PDT

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Speaking from someone who lives where the drinking age has been 18 for decades, I think it works well. It seem ludicrous to have the age as 21, because there's no way in hell that stops people from underage drinking.

  • 11.27.2012 1:13 PM PDT

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  • 11.27.2012 1:26 PM PDT

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  • 11.27.2012 1:28 PM PDT

it doesn't matter how old you are, people are going to drink and drive. except me because I can't get over the idea of driving something that relies on a explosive fuel and at times can turn the driver into an explosive angry prick. cheaper using public transport and walking. back to my point, even if people don't drink there is a chance they will crash. i heard a story about how someone crashed 30 minutes after they got their license because of ice. let the idiots kill themselves off. we don't need them

  • 11.27.2012 3:50 PM PDT

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Should be legal at any age, parents should just be responsible for their kids

  • 11.27.2012 4:01 PM PDT

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Posted by: Anathema
How about 18 year-old soldiers can drink legally then?

  • 11.27.2012 4:01 PM PDT

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Posted by: Swagoth Ur
The idea behind it is that you're brain isn't fully developed until you're 21, and drinking before that stunts mental developement.

However, throughout history and in places with low drinking ages, people more exposed and knowledgeable about alchohol are less likely to binge or become alcholics when they get older. That seems to work fine for Europe and Canada.
It's not just Europe and Canada, in most of the world, the drinking age is 18. The only countries where it is 21 are:
USA
Indonesia
Kazakhstan
and a few tiny islands

  • 11.27.2012 4:04 PM PDT

If you are on a military base, or with a parent/guardian at home/in a restaurant where they are allowing you to consume alcohol, then sure. 18 is fine.


Should 18 year old's be able to go get alcohol at a store and just drink? No, I don't think so.

  • 11.27.2012 4:04 PM PDT

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It already is in the entire EU...

  • 11.27.2012 4:05 PM PDT

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Because as we all know, teenagers are incredibly responsible and think through all their decisions.
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Posted by: Assassin 11D7
Because as we all know, teenagers are incredibly responsible and think through all their decisions.
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Ass it's been too long...

Even though it's 18 here in the UK i got pissed out of my pants at my family's wedding, and i sometimes hit pubs with grills and drink their too

  • 11.27.2012 4:28 PM PDT

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Posted by: Assassin 11D7
Because as we all know, teenagers are incredibly responsible and think through all their decisions.
/sarcasm

Ass it's been too long...

Even though it's 18 here in the UK i got pissed out of my pants at my family's wedding, and i sometimes hit pubs with grills and drink their too

I love going to pubs with my grills! Their too is absolutely delicious.

  • 11.27.2012 4:35 PM PDT

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I think it should be legal when you're 25. That's when your brain stops developing. Would help eliminate stupid people.

  • 11.27.2012 4:38 PM PDT

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Posted by: shadowknight566
I think it should be legal when you're 25. That's when your brain stops developing. Would help eliminate stupid people.
That's technically not the same for everyone, just roughly. Although that should be used for people saying a few high schoolers would make poor decisions.

I think it wouldn't make much of a difference, people who want to do stupid things with it at 18 are the same ones waiting for the day they turn 21.

  • 11.27.2012 4:41 PM PDT

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Deal with it.


Posted by: ferrrari

Posted by: Assassin 11D7
Because as we all know, teenagers are incredibly responsible and think through all their decisions.
/sarcasm

Ass it's been too long...

Even though it's 18 here in the UK i got pissed out of my pants at my family's wedding, and i sometimes hit pubs with grills and drink their too

Proof of my point right here.

Thanks for the help.

  • 11.27.2012 4:49 PM PDT

You should have to have a license for it. Kinda like a drivers license. If you take a test understanding the cons you get your "AL". If you mess up, it gets suspended and you can no longer buy booze.

I just kinda made that up as I went...

My reasoning is that I know some 18 year old that are more responsible with alcohol than some 30 year olds I know... And vice versa.

  • 11.27.2012 4:50 PM PDT

It's funny because people drink underage anyway.

  • 11.27.2012 5:32 PM PDT


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Posted by: deltahalo UK
Legal to drink from the age of 5 -blam!-es.
Balls to this claimed negative impact on the brain.

only in the home with a parent/guardian, you cant buy one or drink outside the home until 18, or 16 with a meal.


The legal drink age (see title) is 5
The legal purchase age isn't the question :P

Lawyered

'drink outside the home'

notice i never disagreed with you and only added information

also, OP never intends to drink XD lets see how long that lasts...

[Edited on 11.28.2012 8:16 AM PST]

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  • 11.28.2012 8:14 AM PDT
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I can drink at 16 here in Portugal.

  • 11.28.2012 8:15 AM PDT