Is the 21 year old restriction on drinking outdated?

[flea]

As an admitted alcoholic. fukk no. 21 to me might be still a lik too young quite frankly. God forbid I was able to legally drink at 18. Definitely would of had a couple dui's under my belt. Thankfully at that age I kept it cool and would ask my old man to buy me a bottle and just stayed home with the fellas and drank. Didn't even dare to go behind the wheel cause I knew my supplier (my old man) would never buy me a bottle after that

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

The drinking culture is because of the age. lower the age and it wont be such a big deal to drink and teenagers wont feel the need to break the law(drink before the legal age).

A lot of Western Europeans drink with their kids when the kids are like 16-17. The problem is the culture. Even if you lowered the age, college kids would binge drink. If anything they would just binge drink more. Americans don't understand the concept of enjoying alcohol w/o getting blackout drunk. That's what has to change, and that can't really be written into law. Kids still drink despite it being illegal, people still drive drunk (and brag about it), etc. Our attitude towards alcohol has to change. I don't know how they can do that.

 

[So UnThotful]

whoever is claiming that the american drinking culture is the reason why it should stat at 21 are fukking idiots and prob never lived/stayed outside of the US

no matter what culture/country you live in of course there is gonna be binge drinking as long as people can walk into a store and buy drinks like they are buying milk

the only thing the US has against itself is that a bottle like this

could be $10 in the US but be $50-60 in others

 

[Serious]

Nah actually higher. The body isn't finished fully developing until around 25, especially cognitively(complex decision making)...

This may directly lower the instances of drunk driving and other obscene behavior...

 

[drugxglory]

Hell naw. I just dont see how people drink till the point they

 

[Demon]

In a country where you can legally take out a loan (student loan) that can possiably affect you for the rest of your life, where you can legally make credit decisions that can affect you for the rest of your life, where you can legally sign your life over to the military and where you can go to jail/prison with the big boys all at the age of 18 .......does it then make sense to then have an age restriction on the purchase of alcohol for these same people you deem as adults in other scenarios? If you think yes, by what logic?

Or, does the age restriction on the things i just mentioned need to be raised?

What are your thoughts on it?

are really a shytty photographer from baltimore?

 

[88m3]

A lot of Western Europeans drink with their kids when the kids are like 16-17. The problem is the culture. Even if you lowered the age, college kids would binge drink. If anything they would just binge drink more. Americans don't understand the concept of enjoying alcohol w/o getting blackout drunk. That's what has to change, and that can't really be written into law. Kids still drink despite it being illegal, people still drive drunk (and brag about it), etc. Our attitude towards alcohol has to change. I don't know how they can do that.

I'm not so sure. Most of the Europeans I know drink just as hard as I do.

The only reason it's 18 in America is the all of the crazy Christians.

 

[Bay Area]

I turned 21 about 11 months ago. During that time I have shamefully drunk and drove at least 8+ times. Luckily I havent gotten into an accident or got a DUI and I dont even drink anymore but my point is I dont want 16 or 18 years driving drunk. They have less judgment than people my age, which is saying a lot.

 

[StatUS]

Americans really drink more than everyone else

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

it really bothers me that you can pick up a gun and go die for this country at 18, but cant drink til youre 21. i was just talking with a older coworker about the drinking age used to be 18 not too long ago.

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

Americans really drink more than everyone else

you aint ever kicked it with some eastern europeans. them russians and ukrainians :drunksaiger:

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

you aint ever kicked it with some eastern europeans. them russians and ukrainians :drunksaiger:

Yea they got vodka comin out the faucets. Theyre a different breed

 

[the cac mamba]

American college drinking culture is horribly destructive.

says the dude promoting molly

 

[RatherUnique]

You got 20 year old combat veterans who can't have a beer. You can be in pornographic films at 18. You can drive a giant SVU at 16. You can purchase handguns, shotguns, rifles and ammunition at 18. You are legally an adult in every way. It is almost comical you can't drink until you are 21, when you put it into perspective.

 

[Lana Kane]

you aint ever kicked it with some eastern europeans. them russians and ukrainians :drunksaiger:

I have a couple of EE friends and damn can they drink...
Like drink vodka like water, just sipping on it.