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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that drinking age should be reduced. If someone is old enough to die for their country, get married or elect a president, why can't they be trusted with a beer or a glass of cheap wine on their wedding days. I didn't grow up in the US, so the 21 limit mystifies me.

At the same time, and given the law, I am absolutely parents throwing 'drinking' parties for kids who should not be drinking by law. And if I found out that DCs were at such a party, hell would break loose.

But no, I am also against throwing  such parents in jail. Other creative solutions should be found.[/quote]

Okay, we get it - you said it a few times already.  18yr olds should be allowed to drink.  [b]If you feel that strongly about it, do what these parents/police did and start a bill.[/b]  Go ahead and see how far that goes. [/quote]

They asked their [i]state [/i]legislators for a bill. But the drinking age of 21 is basically a [i]federal[/i] law.

Also, there certainly are people/organizations who think that the drinking age of 21 is a bad idea. A group of university presidents, for example.

I am not the PP you're responding to.

But really, it's not so much that 18-year-olds should be allowed to drink, it's -- how come we allow 18-year-olds to do all of these other adult things with immense consequences, but we don't allow 18-year-olds to buy beer? If you have a good answer for that question, please provide it.[/quote]

Because 18yr olds have immature frontal lobes that can not regulate alcohol intake.  The frontal lobe does not start maturing until age 21 and doesn't completely mature until age 25.  Binge drinking between ages 18-25 does affect your front lobes growth and maturity.  Adolescent drinking also affects other parts of their growing brains that does not affect an adult.  Adolescents also do not have the sedation affects of alcohol that adults have.  This is why, in addition to an immature frontal lobe, causes 8 in 10 kids under the age of 21 to binge drink.

[b]When Reagan Signed the FEDERAL law for minimum age of 21:[/b]

The law came into being to solve a serious public health problem.

Before the minimum drinking age law, 16- to 20-year-olds were the most common drunken drivers.

When the drinking age was raised, the number of fatal crashes involving a young driver dropped significantly, from 61% in 1982 to 31% in 1995. It went down more for that age group than any older age group.

Is that enough for now?  I have more if needed.....
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