Hahaha! High rates of alcohol abuse in many European countries. Was there last week and witnessed university students binge drinking in 2 countries. Like lying down in the street drunk. What they do much better than us is enforce drunk driving laws.

NP. No, binge drinking in most European countries is really looked down upon. Don't go there and get American frat boy drunk, just don't.

BTW, our national 21 law was in the early 1980's, 1982, I think. It was done through a highway trust fund hook. Louisiana and (I think) Alaska rejected it, at the end of a huge oil and gas boom. When those markets collapsed, they got on board and took the federal highway money, ending a teenager's right to a drink.

Anonymous wrote:Americans are so prudish about such things.

In Europe, more enlightened viewpoints prevail; there are no problems with teens responsibly enjoying beer/wine in moderation.

Poppycock. There is alcoholism in Europe and it is a problem.

In Spain, teen drinking in public is a big problem.

http://www.ias.org.uk/What-we-do/Publication-archive/The-Globe/Issue-2-2002/Spain-moves-on-youth-binge-drinking.aspx

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Anonymous wrote:When the drinking age was no longer 18? Wasn't the legal age to buy booze 18 in this movie? (BTW - love this movie)

What movie is this?

You have never seen this movie before?

No, do you? to repeat PP's question: WHAT...MOVIE....IS....THIS?

LOL. Dazed and Confused.

GREAT movie!

Anonymous wrote:You can thank special lobbyist groups for the stigma. I'd rather have my kids drink openly with me around before college to learn responsible drinking. I will continue to openly defy drinking age laws.

Sorry to cool your rebel jets but it's not against the law to allow your kids drink at home.

Also, your premise that having them drink with you will make them responsible drinkers is flawed and studies have shown false.

In Europe it's a non-issue. Kids as young as 13/14 will have a glass of wine with dinner when with their families in many countries there.

You can thank special lobbyist groups for the stigma. I'd rather have my kids drink openly with me around before college to learn responsible drinking. I will continue to openly defy drinking age laws.

Have you been living under rock for a few decades OP?

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Anonymous wrote:Americans are so prudish about such things.

In Europe, more enlightened viewpoints prevail; there are no problems with teens responsibly enjoying beer/wine in moderation.

Hahaha! High rates of alcohol abuse in many European countries. Was there last week and witnessed university students binge drinking in 2 countries. Like lying down in the street drunk. What they do much better than us is enforce drunk driving laws.

Thank you. This is a tired myth that needs to be put to rest.

Fewer kid (people in general ) drive as well.

Anonymous wrote:Americans are so prudish about such things.

In Europe, more enlightened viewpoints prevail; there are no problems with teens responsibly enjoying beer/wine in moderation.

Hahaha! High rates of alcohol abuse in many European countries. Was there last week and witnessed university students binge drinking in 2 countries. Like lying down in the street drunk. What they do much better than us is enforce drunk driving laws.

Americans are so prudish about such things.

In Europe, more enlightened viewpoints prevail; there are no problems with teens responsibly enjoying beer/wine in moderation.

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Anonymous wrote:When the drinking age was no longer 18? Wasn't the legal age to buy booze 18 in this movie? (BTW - love this movie)

What movie is this?

You have never seen this movie before?

No, do you? to repeat PP's question: WHAT...MOVIE....IS....THIS?

LOL. Dazed and Confused.

In the 80s. I was there, when the drinking age was upped to 21 most teenage drinking went underground.

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Anonymous wrote:When the drinking age was no longer 18? Wasn't the legal age to buy booze 18 in this movie? (BTW - love this movie)

What movie is this?

You have never seen this movie before?

No, do you? to repeat PP's question: WHAT...MOVIE....IS....THIS?

It was never o.k. for HS kids to openly drink in public.

But once you graduated from HS and went on to college or a full time job. Yeah, it was normal for young ADULTS to go out and drink.

The thing that was looked down upon was drinking and driving - regardless of age that is not cool.

It is weird that an 18yo America can be shipped to war zones and die, but he/she can't have a drink except in a private place with parental permission. I don't remember when the drinking age changed in my home state, but it was 18 or 19 15 minutes away in Canada.