• From: Harrison, Arkansas
  • Registered: 2006-04-21
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Re: Lower Drinking Age to 18?

Mindy wrote:
Shredit wrote:
ReverendPaul wrote:

Big mistake. If anything raise it to 25.
As far as the other things they can do at 18. Maybe someone should look at how well they are doing those at 18 before giving out more privilages.

Ditto!!....this is coming from a recovering alky!.....started when I was 10, went fulltime at 16....screwed up all my dreams of being a professional baseball player...if alcoholism runs in your family , you are already facing an up hill battle....hey maybe I'm just a loser, whatever

Dave

Same here, Dave.  Amazing I'm still here to type this. And you're not a loser, lol!

18 is a bad idea...as someone mentioned earlier, 18 year olds share their booze with their younger friends.  That's how I started my drinking career.

Keep it where it is, or raise it. That's just my humble opinion.  wink

21 year olds share their booze with their younger friends too. I remember when I turned 21, all my friends who were younger than me all said, "So, you can buy us booze now."

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  • From: Orange County, NY
  • Registered: 2007-08-19
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Re: Lower Drinking Age to 18?

Deezer wrote:

21 year olds share their booze with their younger friends too. I remember when I turned 21, all my friends who were younger than me all said, "So, you can buy us booze now."

That's absolutely true Deezer...but the way I'm thinking is that by keeping it at 21, there will be less kids buying booze for the younger ones.  You'll only have the 21+ crowd as opposed to the 18+ crowd.  wink

Again, just my humble opinion on the subject.  smile

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  • From: Harrison, Arkansas
  • Registered: 2006-04-21
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Re: Lower Drinking Age to 18?

I don't know if it's different anywhere else in the country, but going from high school to college, there's really not that much difference in the amount of people that drink. When I was 16, there were just as many parties with booze as there are now at college.

My opinion is, once people start getting 15 or 16, they start getting pressured, or start wanting to drink. That don't change regardless of what the age is.

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  • From: Oklahoma
  • Registered: 2008-03-28
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Re: Lower Drinking Age to 18?

Deezer wrote:

I don't know if it's different anywhere else in the country, but going from high school to college, there's really not that much difference in the amount of people that drink. When I was 16, there were just as many parties with booze as there are now at college.

My opinion is, once people start getting 15 or 16, they start getting pressured, or start wanting to drink. That don't change regardless of what the age is.

I dont know about your neck of the woods, but in Oklahoma...beer and such is obviously in the high schools but when I was in school...most of us were mature with it since we were taught to not F**k up.  Then came college and with all the kids from out of state coming in, it seemed like it was raining booze on most days.

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  • From: Benicia, Ca.
  • Registered: 2006-05-08
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Re: Lower Drinking Age to 18?

This thread has no ending. since the beginning of recorded history you've had alcohol, prostitution, and differing views on religion. These subjects have been argued for centuries with no end in sight. Carry on folks.

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  • From: Washington State
  • Registered: 2006-03-30
  • Posts: 1,593

Re: Lower Drinking Age to 18?

What the heck, let's lower the drinking age to match the age of consent. Then the store clerk can just ask to see the condoms provided by the public schools as acceptable ID. We can always blame some political party or religion if the program doesn't work.