States Ponder Lowering Drinking Age From 21 To 18
In several states discussion is on the table about lowering the legal drinking age from 21 to 18. In most of the places it’s being discussed the driving factor is that some think military personel 18 or over should be able to have a drink. The thought behind this is that if you’re old enough to dodge or take a bullet for this country you should be old enough to have a drink or as SC Rep. Fletcher Smith put it, “”If you can take a shot on the battlefield,” he says, “you ought to be able to take a shot of beer legally.”
For the complete story go here and check out this article in the USA Today
BMWK what do you think, should the legal drinking age be lowered? If so for who, everyone or just those kids in the military? What do you think the outcome would be? If it were lowered would you buy alcohol for your 18 year old?
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My oldest is 23. I don’t buy it for her nor drink with her. If kids want it they are going to get it. Will lowering the age limit entice more drinking? Most kids in college only drink on the weekends, hence binge drinking.
On the other hand, should we deprive someone who has served our country a drink if they are only 18?
Ok, i finally got stumped on a question. LOL.
I don’t think it should be lowered just because “some kids will binge drink anyhow”. In that case, let’s remove the speed limit because some people are just going to speed anyhow. Or let’s get rid of certain laws because some people are going to steal, abuse, kill, insert crime here anyhow. It’s just a smoke screen to detract from the real problem: some of these kids have no self control when it comes to drinking because they’ve never been held accountable for controlling themselves.
As for 18 year olds who serve their country - yes, deprive them of a drink - make sure they’re not suffering from some form of post traumatic stress or depression from combat or being wounded in service or seeing their buddies or others killed and/or mutilated due to war. (And the military hasn’t been too good at doing that or taking care of those who risk their lives for our country!) Because in the cases of people who have issues from being at war, allowing them access to alcohol may make them more prone to abusing alcohol due to their inability to handle the stress they deal with in the service. I think it’s more important to make sure they’re mentally healthy while they serve than to worry about whether they can have a beer!
Just my 2 cents.
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…and this is an OK idea b/c…?!
Lawmakers have bigger fish to fry — or so I thought?
This is dumb, on so many levels.
Most countries have a legal drinking age of 18, some even younger.
I don’t think that changing the law is going to matter. If someone is hell bent on drinking they’ll find a way to get it. They need to tighten up the DUI laws and also give people that commit vehicular manslaughter higher sentences. I think that would stop some of these idiots from drinking and getting on the road.
Will it really make a difference. When I was in college everyone was drinking and no one was 21. And this was at an HBCU. At the big white colleges drinking is a much larger problem.
Co-Sign with the Dad. The first time I got drunk I was 17. The majority of the teens around me were drinking like fish themselves
Always good to read what you have to say
Great post, thanks! It is something to think about
The legal drinking age in Germany is 16, and the legal driving age is 18. With that said, I never wanted to drink. My mom as a drug and alcohol rehabilitation counselor while I was growing up, and to see the damaging effects that drugs and alcohol had on lives made me just say, “No, no, no.”
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