I am writting a paper for class on this subject and wanted to know what everyone else thinks about the idea of being able to drink when you are 18. Please let me know your feelings good or bad.
2007-03-16 04:10:25 · 27 answers · asked by lainey 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No, it should be raised to 25.
2007-03-16 04:12:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes and no. On the one hand, if you are considered an adult when you turn 18 and can be tried as one if you get into trouble, then yes you should be able to drink because you are considered an adult and should be able to make your own desicions, on the other side of the arguement, many 18 year old kids are immature and will do things like drink and drive, or drink too much. The truth is people far beyond the age of 18 are known to do these things too, and kids will find a way to get their hands on alcohol far before they even turn 18. Its tough to say for sure what they should do as far as the law goes. Personally I think 21 is a good age, but I do feel if they consider you an adult at 18, then you should be able to act as one. Like I said kids will get the alcohol one way or another.
2007-03-16 04:16:20 · answer #2 · answered by ♥♫♥ Crystal ♥♫♥ 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How about this? Why not keep the drinking age at 21 unless you are enlisted in the military then you can drink? I agree that if you can fight and die for this country you should be able to drink, but I also believe that not every 18 year old is mature enough to handle that responsibility. I think this would limit teenagers drinking to those who have been through basic training where they teach you discipline. And I am sure it would probably help with the shortage of recruits.
2007-03-16 04:34:22 · answer #3 · answered by sscamarotoy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its 18 here in the UK, the age limit i think doesnt have any bearing on whether people will or will not act responsibly, some people will be idiotic with or without a drink. I am sure that even though the limit is 21 plenty of under 21's will be drinking and be able to purchase it no matter what the limit is.
2007-03-16 04:16:46 · answer #4 · answered by Blue 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
those who're 21 can't contain themselves at the same time as they drink, what makes you imagine an 18 year old is gonna have the brains to contain themselves. that's going to in undemanding words recommend more beneficial deaths on the highways. I bear in options at the same time as Wyoming's eating age replaced into 19 (1984) and each of the states were already 21. the authorities threatened to eliminate tens of millions of greenbacks in street restore if Wyoming did not up the age. They did. i replaced right into a bartender on the prompt and it actually replaced over evening. And so did the DUIs and automobile injuries. i know a lot of underage young ones drink, yet making it criminal received't clean up some thing. sturdy pollwith the help of ways.
2016-12-02 02:22:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see why not, i'm from the UK, an the age is 18 for alcohol.
You guys can drive and smoke at 16 right?
I suppose it's a good idea to have the age of drinking set to after you get full time education out of the way and are supposedly more responsible, but on the flip side, if its legally not allowed - its not gonna stop you.
If you have the status of being an 'adult' at 18, then why doesn't that extend your liberties to being to to everything else an 'adult' can do?
2007-03-16 04:16:40 · answer #6 · answered by Matt B 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You can drink at the age of 12. The question is: when should you be able to do it legally? We don't teach our society how to drink responsibly. We threw up an age of 21, because the public was upset over teenage drinking. They were saying drunk teenagers were killing everyone on the road, etc. When I was in the military we could drink 3.2 percent beer. It was sold in the PX, barracks, EM clubs. You had to be 18. I didn't see it have an adverse effect.
2007-03-16 04:33:51 · answer #7 · answered by Matt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The issue isn't so much the age at which drinking is legal; it's teaching young adults to drink responsibly.
In England for example, you can have certain alcoholic beverages in a restaurant at 16, provided you are accompanied by an adult. In France, children start drinking wine with water added in their early teens as a compliment to meals.
The drinking age in much of Europe is 18.
In countries where teens can drink with parental supervision, there are fewer incidences of binge drinking, because the mystery has been removed through social interactions in those teen years.
In the US, the puritanical nature of our laws, and the pressure on being 18 and then going out to drink as much as you can, ensures we have young people demonstrating reckless behavior.
Allowing reasonable social drinking at an earlier age might save lives, both of the drinkers, and those hurt by teens driving drunk.
2007-03-16 04:31:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They did this in some states in the 70's. The alcohol related deaths rose immediately rose in the 18-21 age group. They took it back to 21 and the numbers immediately dropped. Kids today are no where near the responsible young adults that were back then and they thought those were morons.
2007-03-16 04:21:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. I am from Canada. The age here is 19, and in Quebec it is 18. I know in the US, it's 21, which seems really old lol. 19 seems like a good age. 18 is a bit young, but the way I see it, people nowdays get fake ids and drink when they're 15, so it really wouldn't make a difference.
2007-03-16 04:14:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think so, because if they lowered it there would be more drunk people out in the streets. It could cause more accidents and more people will get hurt or maybe killed. Besides, even though its not allowed most of the teens still drink. They pay someone to buy the beer for them.
2007-03-16 04:20:58 · answer #11 · answered by LaCrazy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋