Who else thinks that the drinking age should be lowered?

I think it is laughable that people think that keeping the drinking age 21 is going to deter anyone from consuming alcohol. In my opinion, it would be much safer for minors to learn how to consume alcohol in a safe environment with their parents around, not in a dorm with a bunch of horny, immature, drunk kids.

If I could make the laws for the US, it would be:

• You have to be 18 to be able to buy alcoholic beverages
• You can consume alcohol at the age of 13 as long as you are with a parent/guardian
• You can consume alcohol at the age of 13 in restaurants as long as you are with a legal guardian
• You can consume any alcohol you want at the age of 18

Now, I know that alcohol can cause problems when consumed unresponsibly, but that is why you can learn how to consume alcohol responsibly with your parents are guardians when you are still in school.

I'm 18 btw.

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If your parents want to let you consume alcohol when you're 15, then they'll let you consume alcohol when you're 15. I know plenty of people whose parents let them drink before they were old enough to buy alcoholic beverages.

If I can die for country at 18 I should be able to have a beer. web966

If I can die for my country at age 18, I should be able to run for president. :|

More kids becoming alcoholics at a younger age? More drunk driving accidents? More kids dying?

Yah, let's lower it. :|

One can definitely make a good argument for lowering it to 18 or 19, but I think that allowing 13 year old kids to drink legally is wrong.

Imo, it doesn't really matter what the drinking age is. People under the age limit are always going to find a way to get their hands on alcohol.

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13 is too young, and even with a 25 year old, not necessarily the latter is much more matured than anyone else.

And honestly, why the rush to drink? No doubt wine has some good health related plus points, but beer? I don't see a need to introduce alcohol into the bodies of minors unneccessarily.

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Uh...no. It's because alcohol gets them high.

In my state of Virginia, it is illegal for anyone to consume alcohol under the age of 21. PERIOD.helium_flash

And...? It's not like the cops follow your mom home and peep through the windows to make sure that she's not giving you beer.

You bring up the argument that if drinking were legal at 17, your parents could teach you how to drink responsibly. Well, they can do that NOW. Who's stopping them?

It should be: 18 for beer/wine/lower content alcohol, and 21 for hard liquor like whiskey/vodka/etc.

[QUOTE="helium_flash"]In my state of Virginia, it is illegal for anyone to consume alcohol under the age of 21. PERIOD.MrGeezer

And...? It's not like the cops follow your mom home and peep through the windows to make sure that she's not giving you beer.

You bring up the argument that if drinking were legal at 17, your parents could teach you how to drink responsibly. Well, they can do that NOW. Who's stopping them?

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[QUOTE="helium_flash"]In my state of Virginia, it is illegal for anyone to consume alcohol under the age of 21. PERIOD.helium_flash

And...? It's not like the cops follow your mom home and peep through the windows to make sure that she's not giving you beer.

You bring up the argument that if drinking were legal at 17, your parents could teach you how to drink responsibly. Well, they can do that NOW. Who's stopping them?

And it shouldn't be illegal for people to speed, but that doesn't stop people from doing it.

And please tell me HOW the state is stopping your parents from letting you drink booze when you're 17. When parents buy booze, the law enforcement officers don't freaking follow them home to make sure that they're not serving to minors. Unless your parents get you ****faced, and then you go out in public and get arrested, and you tell the cops that it was your parents who gave you the booze, how the **** is anyone gonna know?

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[QUOTE="helium_flash"]In my state of Virginia, it is illegal for anyone to consume alcohol under the age of 21. PERIOD.MrGeezer

And...? It's not like the cops follow your mom home and peep through the windows to make sure that she's not giving you beer.

You bring up the argument that if drinking were legal at 17, your parents could teach you how to drink responsibly. Well, they can do that NOW. Who's stopping them?

And it shouldn't be illegal for people to speed, but that doesn't stop people from doing it.

And please tell me HOW the state is stopping your parents from letting you drink booze when you're 17. When parents buy booze, the law enforcement officers don't freaking follow them home to make sure that they're not serving to minors. Unless your parents get you ****faced, and then you go out in public and get arrested, and you tell the cops that it was your parents who gave you the booze, how the **** is anyone gonna know?

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[QUOTE="helium_flash"]In my state of Virginia, it is illegal for anyone to consume alcohol under the age of 21. PERIOD.helium_flash

And...? It's not like the cops follow your mom home and peep through the windows to make sure that she's not giving you beer.

You bring up the argument that if drinking were legal at 17, your parents could teach you how to drink responsibly. Well, they can do that NOW. Who's stopping them?

And it shouldn't be illegal for people to speed, but that doesn't stop people from doing it.

And please tell me HOW the state is stopping your parents from letting you drink booze when you're 17. When parents buy booze, the law enforcement officers don't freaking follow them home to make sure that they're not serving to minors. Unless your parents get you ****faced, and then you go out in public and get arrested, and you tell the cops that it was your parents who gave you the booze, how the **** is anyone gonna know?

Well since you're only gonna be drinking responsibly, that's not gonna happen. is it? :|

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Well since you're only gonna be drinking responsibly, that's not gonna happen. is it? :|

Or should be punish people who do drink responsibly, yet unfortunately still get caught?

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Well since you're only gonna be drinking responsibly, that's not gonna happen. is it? :|

Or should be punish people who do drink responsibly, yet unfortunately still get caught?

Once again, HOW are you gonna get caught? If you're talking about drinking "responsibly", that means drinking in moderation in the presence of people who are sober.

If you're getting drunk, you're NOT drinking responsibly.

Seriously, can you give me ONE plausible scenario in which your parents could get caught giving you two beers with dinner?

I honestly think they should higher it, too many incidents happened with a bunch of military guys so they had to higher it to 21 which use to be 18 on base...

kids just can't handle alcohol plain and simple.

dont quote me on this but i vaguely remember hearing that your brain is still developing at 18 and alcohol can mess with that. personnally im kinda think it should be 18 since your an adult in every other aspect of the law just aboutmetaldude05

The drinking age in Britain and many European countries is 16 :|

It should stay the same.

I'm 22.

I don't need a bunch of children crampin mah style at the clubs and bars and ho-downs.