Should America Lower the Drinking Age?, 21 to 18? |
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 Dec 5 2004, 10:30 PM
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 E! Online  Group: Member Posts: 302 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 47,082  |
Should the drinking age be lowered in the United States?
I think no. |
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Mar 30 2005, 01:09 AM
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 Take advantage of me. Group: Member Posts: 912 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 43,792 |
Wouldn`t really matter either way, cause people will always be doing illegal things.
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| *StanleyThePanda* |
Mar 30 2005, 01:26 AM
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QUOTE(miszSERENiTY @ Mar 30 2005, 1:09 AM) Wouldn`t really matter either way, cause people will always be doing illegal things.  yeah seriously, if the age was lowered wouldnt that equal to even younger kids drinking maybe? I dont think it should be....because some people dont drink responsibly  and thats no good.
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Mar 30 2005, 05:01 PM
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 Je vous aime Group: Member Posts: 361 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 109,078 |
Well.. A lot of people drink illegaly..
But on the other hand people are so irrasponsable in the US.. mostly teenagers.. because.. things arnt like they used to be.. I have no idea, I think it should stay the same. [I guess] |
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Apr 9 2005, 11:30 AM
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yes!!!! lol u should of seen me at the tennis party last night! i drank all of his and i got pushed in the pool
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Apr 9 2005, 01:52 PM
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 Its hard for me to tell you Group: Member Posts: 734 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 123,326 |
I think 21 is too high
 but then again it's 18 where I'm from. You can basically do everything that someone thats 30 can do. Smoke/Sex = 16. Drive = 17. Drink = 18. More pubs are highering there age so that you have to be 21/25 to go into them. But that's only some of them. Alot of parent's are pretty laid back as well with their children drinking. I was going to a new years eve party when I was 15 and I asked my mum if she could buy me some drink and she did. 4 big bottles of it. They let me take a bottle of 'babycham' and 4 cans of beer with me as well. Lowering or highering the age won't stop underage drinking. It's the 'cool' thing to do supposedly. It's like when ya hit a certain age, when you go to parties it's not fun unless theres alcohol there. Person 1: I'm having a party this weekend, wanna come? Person 2: Sure Person 1: Great, remember to bring some alcohol.  Hmm. |
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Apr 9 2005, 05:19 PM
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 Go on, hug me, I dare you... Group: Member Posts: 299 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 116,809 |
18 is perfect, not allowing a consenting adult to do what they want is just one big part of the nanny state, let me do what I want to do.
\/ COME ON!! If people cant look after themsellves that is their problem! We do not need more tax money spent on getting the police to lock up underage drinkers. Keep the age at 18 and consenting adultys can make the choice for themselves, if we cant be trusted why dont we just stay inside all day and night and not live our lives? |
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| *suddenly she* |
Apr 9 2005, 05:27 PM
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no, people are irresponsible enough as they are.
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Apr 9 2005, 05:43 PM
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E! Online Group: Member Posts: 302 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 47,082 |
QUOTE(funbobby @ Apr 9 2005, 5:19 PM) 18 is perfect, not allowing a consenting adult to do what they want is just one big part of the nanny state, let me do what I want to do. \/ COME ON!! If people cant look after themsellves that is their problem! We do not need more tax money spent on getting the police to lock up underage drinkers. Keep the age at 18 and consenting adultys can make the choice for themselves, if we cant be trusted why dont we just stay inside all day and night and not live our lives? let a person do what they want to do and end up killing someone from driving drunk? |
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Apr 10 2005, 09:03 PM
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 dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
QUOTE(smile4me @ Apr 9 2005, 5:43 PM) let a person do what they want to do and end up killing someone from driving drunk? if people learn to drink responisbly before they drive, then drunk driving will go down. |
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Apr 11 2005, 02:15 PM
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 HAAAAAAAA. Group: Member Posts: 4,472 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 75,068 |
What's the point? People are still going to drink illegally anyways.
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Apr 12 2005, 07:05 AM
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21?? Thats quite high. Here in Australia its: sex/drink=18 driving=16
But even if it is kept at 21, there'd still be those out there who are still underage and drink illegally............as long as they stay in the house and drink the police can't do nything about it...........but it depends if majority of the public is responsible or not. |
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Apr 12 2005, 09:20 AM
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 cheeeesy like theres no tomorrow Group: Member Posts: 3,316 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 37,142 |
americans are way to irresponsible to be drinking.
and anyways its not like anybody follows the rules teens still drink. |
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| *paul murphy* |
Apr 13 2005, 10:10 AM
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No, it shud be hired 2 35.
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Apr 13 2005, 10:18 AM
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 cellophane chests? Group: Member Posts: 488 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 75,816 |
The legal drinking age in the US used to be 18. It raised in the late 80s/early 90s because people were being reckless about it and not taking it seriously. It was also raised because of the anti-drug campaigns in the 80's as well. I don't have a problem with people drinking or smoking pot, I just have a problem with people doing those things and not using any sense, common or not, and then driving or whatnot.
Regardless of how old you are, you can become addicted to drugs and alcohol. A lot of people don't really think of alcohol as a drug but it is. I've seen a lot of people drink themselves sick and some of my friends are among those who probably will drink themselves sick in the future. If you're gonna drink, then go ahead, but don't drive, have sex, or get arrested afterwards. And if you cause an accident, get preggars, or end up in jail, don't complain about it.... 
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Apr 13 2005, 10:32 PM
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 un cool. Group: Member Posts: 640 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 125,269 |
personally? no.
i know this is going to sound lame, because i got it from the movie spider-man but here it goes anyway "with great power comes great responsibility". which it true. they didn't pick the drinking age to be 21 for fun, they put it there probably because they figured a 21 year old is way more mature than 16 year old. |
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Apr 14 2005, 04:49 PM
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I dont drink...much.
And I really think it would make more sense to lower the age limit to 18. If people are going to drink dangerously, they're going to get booze legal or not. Alot of teens drink and think "Oh this is illegal! I'm so cool." They feel rebelious. I know a kid from Norway and he said that because the law allows you to drink at 18, more people drink to drink, and not to say, "I'm so wasted!" At eighteen we can drive, we can have a job, we can legally move out on our own, we can buy cigerettes, we can join the military and kill for our country, we can die for our country. It would only make sense to let us by alcohol in our country... |
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Apr 14 2005, 04:51 PM
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 WWMD?! - i am from the age of BM 2 Group: Member Posts: 5,308 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,848 |
they do let people who are in the military drink while they're on call.
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Apr 14 2005, 04:55 PM
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"Kill for us, then you can drink!"
...that's a little silly, I think. I'm not FOR dropping the age level. It would just make alot more sense if they did. Or make the age level higher for everything else, which would suck. |
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Apr 14 2005, 04:59 PM
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WWMD?! - i am from the age of BM 2 Group: Member Posts: 5,308 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,848 |
i just think lowering the age to 18 would make it much more easily accessible to younger people. most high schoolers don't have that many friends who are 21 who can go out and buy them beer, but if the age is lowered to 18, a large majority of seniors can get it. cause the same people that go out and get the alcohol for the younger people are the same ones that are partying with them. i don't think it would make much difference in the rebelling area since it's not much of a change, it would just make it easier to get.
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Apr 14 2005, 05:06 PM
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Teens will get it if they really want it. So many seniors have older brothers/sisters/friends and even parents (yes parents) who will supply them with alcohol.
If I really wanted cigerettes, I could get them. I'm not eighteen. The same thing could be said about alcohol. To me, it would make more sense to make it 18. The only problem that I see is that alot of 18 year olds are still in highschool and could supply younger people with it...But on the other hand..younger people who drink are already AT the parties where alcohol is present. Really, lowering to 18 wouldn't make THAT much of a difference. Underage drinkers will drink now, legal or not. But people who dont like alcohol aren't going to chug a bunch of beer just because it's legal. If they don't like it, they don't like it. It would just make alot more sense... |
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Apr 14 2005, 05:10 PM
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WWMD?! - i am from the age of BM 2 Group: Member Posts: 5,308 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,848 |
well yea, but if they don't have older siblings, it's hard for them to find alcohol. it would be easier if the age was 18. it'd be easier for me to get cigarettes than alcohol. i have friends who are 18 and that i talk to at school every day, while i don't think i have any friends here who are 21..
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Apr 14 2005, 05:22 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
with the drinking age at 21, this is what's going to happen.
i'm going to go to college my roommate will offer me a beer i will take, but have never had beer, so i'll drink too much and become drunk. i will not know now to drink responsibly. sophomore year, i get to have a car at college and i'd still drink irresponsibly if the drinking age were 13, then at 13, my parents would let me drink some beer they'd teach me to drink in moderation. they'd teach me the dangers of drinking too much and the effects of drinking on driving. and at 13, i'd probably still listen. at 16, i'd be a veteran drinker. but under parental supervision. i'd have never been drunk, and ever drinken too much. when i start driving, i'd know the penalties of driving drunk. at 18, when i leave for college, i will have been drinking for 5 years and driving for 2 years. so, when my roommate offers me beer, i do not foolishly play a drinking game with him, decide to drive to the drugstore to get something to help the hangover, and crash van, killing the family inside. |
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Apr 14 2005, 05:46 PM
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heh.
Nice. |
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Apr 14 2005, 05:56 PM
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 Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
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 Parents should tell his/her child(ren) the consequences of drinking whether the drinking age is 21 or not. |
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Apr 14 2005, 06:03 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
showing is much more effective than telling.
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