The drinking age?

Question

Do the states have the highest drinking age in the world?

If you are American... did you or do you plan on coming to Canada to drink legally when you are 19 or 20?

Answer 1

well there is a high drinking age... but who really follows it anyway. Kids can get beer from the fridge.

why fly or drive to Canada when there are plenty of adults and stores that sell to minors. Its a corrupt system that does not really work.

and yeah teen drunk driving is what kills most teenagers in this country. If anything the fines for drinking under 21 should be steeper. Its not only them getting killed either.

But yeah in like france you can buy a drink when your old enough to reach across the counter and get it. They dont have our problems with it. Maybe we should do some studies to see what would happen if they lowered the age to atleast 17... i mean if you are old enough to be drafted and fight and die.. you should be old enough to drink and gamble. There was a senator last year who was trying to get this bill started. He wants soldiers to have that right and I agree with him.

Answer 2

Yeah I think the drinking age in the u.s. is the highest in the world and i think it's whats causing the problems. I dont plan to come to Canada to have a drink thats retarded.

Answer 3

In Saudi Arabia you can't drink at all, its against the law. Yes the United States has the highest drinking age, but Oman, the UAE and Pakistan also have a 21 drinking age.

Answer 4

It's funny you ask this question because most of Canada you only need be 18yrs old to drink BC is one of the exceptions you must be 19yrs old. I have heard parts of Europe it is 23
but not for certain. I do believe the States have the highest age limit being 21yrs old. Crap just think Mexico In think it is like 15yrs old.

Answer 5

When I was at College in Duluth, MN, we would drive up to Canada to have a night out on the town legally (drinking age was 18). Of course, there were a lot of illegal parties on campus we went to also.

Answer 6

. I had no desire to go to Canada to drink, if I ever wanted alcohol when I was underage there were plenty of ways to get it. (even in a the little bitty town of Blanding UT where I spent my teen years, it is also a dry county) Kids have easy access to alcohol theses days and it is sad. They do not drink responsibly, they drink and drive risking there lives and the lives of others. I have been around alcoholics all my life and they do nothing but ruin the lives of the people around them, and there own! If you drink then you should drink responsibly, never drink and drive, and never give it to minors!

Answer 7

The legal age for drinking in one's home is 5 provided parental consent is given. Children under 5 must not be given alcohol unless under medical supervision in an emergency.

So, if your folks say yeah, then why not.

Answer 8

No, i wouldnt go to Canada to drink. I would rather go to Jamaica or the Bahamas. U know, out of the continent. Canada is too close. But Im 21 now so...

Answer 9

I wouldn't plan on it. Most teenagers under the age of 21 just drink illegally at parties. It's what we all did as kids, and is what most people continue to do.

Answer 10

i think of it additionally should be because it fairly is in Europe... you exceeded over the shown fact that we will deliver our 18 3 hundred and sixty 5 days old's to conflict yet no longer enable them to drink. I additionally sense the utilising age could be relative to the youngster. As in if a 14 3 hundred and sixty 5 days old that lives and works on a farm or rural section is usual with of the thank you to force a truck... enable em force, particular privileges for people who choose a license at youthful an prolonged time. yet make it extra problematical to get the licenses interior the 1st place. i think of initially in the event that they replaced our regulations it would take some years for human beings to get use to it, and for the toddlers of that age on the time of the swap they may be at a extra physically powerful threat of threat with the aid of fact they does no longer be arranged for the duty. yet interior the long-term its the marvelous component to do. If as a united states of america, we enable those toddlers to develop into squaddies.... i've got faith that as a united states of america, we could continually pour them a drink previously they bypass. To think of a new child can die interior the line of "accountability" and yet under no circumstances have had the privilege to be considered an entire person by sharing a drink with pals and kinfolk (legally) is an abomination. I additionally think of that there could be no eating age. i think that the duty of those issues could learn with out the will for a criminal age shrink. i understand some 10 3 hundred and sixty 5 days olds that are extra accountable than sixteen 3 hundred and sixty 5 days olds. So if shall we teach utilising at a youthful age; as quickly as the youngster has develop right into a reckless teenager, they already have the required utilising skills decrease than their belt and don't sense the would desire to attempt the barriers of the vehicle and their loss of skills. Uping th utilising age in basic terms makes older unexperienced drivers. own responsibiity has been taken faraway from us (by the government and regulation) which makes us much less likley to act responsibly. it truly is human nature. i began out studying utilising skills very youthful (approximately 8-10) decrease than supervision of my father. I exceeded my try at 15 years old, in a customary, the 1st time, with flying colorations. and that i've got under no circumstances brought about or been in (with the aid of protective utilising) and twist of fate. I easily have been a criminal motive force for 18 years. If i will do it, so can others.