The Legal Drinking Age

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Gerry
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November 3rd, 2011 at 03:06pm
18 should be the legal age, because you are an adult now.
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June 4th, 2012 at 07:24pm
I think it should be 16. I'm i n the US, so, it's not. Why? because I fell at 16 you're expected so much. You have to decide to go to collage, what you're going to be, where you're going to live. I think drinking or not should be a part of that choice.
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June 4th, 2012 at 09:26pm
GreenDayAtAllTimes:
I think it should be 16. I'm i n the US, so, it's not. Why? because I fell at 16 you're expected so much. You have to decide to go to collage, what you're going to be, where you're going to live. I think drinking or not should be a part of that choice.
I still haven't gone to collage.
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June 7th, 2012 at 12:27pm
The legal age being in accordance with the age one considers you a legal adult is sort of weird at times.
I know it's a general thing, but I know people that were mature at 13... and I know people that probably won't mature until someone places a tombstone on their grave. So in an ideal world where maturity can be measured, I'd look forward to having my first goblet of wine at 12 (which I did, anyway).
But the desire for and use of alcohol should be explained by the parents to the child. I don't think I liked booze more as a minor than I do now that I'm 20, in fact, I don't see much point in booze in general.. apart from getting drunk or enjoying some seriously beyond good wine.
The problem with kids drinking alcohol is that they don't understand it.
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June 29th, 2012 at 12:22am
I think that if your old enough to be able to go to war, you should be old enough to drink. so 18.
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July 3rd, 2012 at 03:56pm
IKnowTheEnemy:
I think that if your old enough to be able to go to war, you should be old enough to drink. so 18.

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So... about 7 or 8 then?
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July 6th, 2012 at 05:25pm
Lol. It actually does seem to me that in countries with quite a bit of turmoil (read: difficulty reinforcing stuff) there is equally enough "freedom" for things usually unallowed. Like alcohol for 7-8-year-olds.
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July 11th, 2012 at 03:33pm
Kurtni:
IKnowTheEnemy:
I think that if your old enough to be able to go to war, you should be old enough to drink. so 18.

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So... about 7 or 8 then?


She probably meant in the 1st world though. As in, if you have reached the level of maturity when you can go to other countries and kill people, then you're probably mature enough to have a beer. Idk, that's just how I took it.
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December 18th, 2013 at 03:40am
yeah, I also think 18 is the best number to start drinking with. It's the age of “discernment”.

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January 13th, 2014 at 05:37pm
the legal age here is 18 (UK) I however did most of the drinking I wanted to do 13 - 15.

it really doesn't matter what age you do it at as long as you moderate yourself well. most of the time I see these women in the gutter because they've been knocking bottles of wine back as they get dressed to go out and then get wasted in the club till they get thrown out
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February 12th, 2014 at 12:26am
I believe that the proper age is 18, though drinking should be first learned at home so young adults can learn to be more responsible.

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March 10th, 2014 at 02:05am
you can start earlier than 18 but it should be under parents permission. They always have to be the ones to set the rules for drinking

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