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Originally Posted by HaZe_X
My own personal opinion, I might catch some heat, but what the hell,I dont care to get into it but, 18 should be the legal age for everything, cigarettes, drinking and whatever else have you. You can go to war, fire your gun and kill some one, but at 18 you cant smoke (in some states?) or drink.
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Originally Posted by Zeus
You're old enough to die for country, your old enough to have a beer.
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Originally Posted by meanmike
I say if your legally considered an adult then you should be able to have the same privileges.
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to all of the above.
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Originally Posted by HaZe_X
Not everyone needs to be told how to act responsibly. Will there be some who abuse it, absolutely. If it were to ever get lowered, which I doubt it will, there should be a 0 tolerance policy with DWI and such. You get caught drinking while driving, you lose your license, simple. But then again I think that law should be in effect now.
Parts of canada you can drink as young as 16 with parental supervision, then it becomes 18.
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Good points, and another to add to this: those people who will end up abusing, probably would still abuse while the drinking age is 21. So lowering it really won't change anything. Another thing to consider: maybe it is BECAUSE of the high drinking age that kids go and drink underage? When your in high school, 21 is a long ways off. Maybe if kids only had to wait till 18 they would be willing to wait more often
Anyway, I say lower the drinking age and step up education on drunk driving (not just: this is what happens when you are drunk and try to drive, get some videos that actually explain how someone can tell when they've had too many).