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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was a high school senior, my parents allowed alcohol for a coed sleepover party I hosted.

The logic was that it would be better to allow it openly and supervise than for kids to be sneaking it in, and we thought it would be safe because no one would leave the house until the morning.

As it turned out, after my folks were asleep, part of the group drove to a nearby store get more alcohol because they didn't like what was being served.  I of course didn't have the courage to stop them.  They made it back safely and no one got hurt but it was a bad idea in retrospect.  I would never even entertain it for my kids.

That said, I do think the 21 year old drinking age is the worst public policy.  It gives booze a "forbidden fruit" vibe and high school and college kids end up participating or being around secretive, excess drinking that is partly driven by its illegality.  If the legal age it was lowered to 18 the focus could be on drinking responsibly.  [/quote]

Except data shows raising the drinking age saved lives.   The car crash data alone are compelling.   Inconvenient, but true.

https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/minimum-legal-drinking-age.htm[/quote]

The car crash and fatality data has been trending down sharply over time due to a great number of factors including highway and road safety measures, manufacturers  safety initiatives,  seat belt laws, etc. but cherry picking data is convenient [/quote]

It's a CDC website.  But if that's cherry picking data, ok.[/quote]

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