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Lowering the drinking age to 18.
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Replies: 54Last Post Aug. 21 3:24am by BigMomma59
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LaMotta


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Unlucky!!!
It's 18 over here!!

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Never going to happen. Reason: Having the drinking age as 21 keeps it out of the hands of highschool age students. Or so saythe government. But actually it really does probably keep it out of the hands of alot of 13-16 year olds. ON that note I am 21 and I say change it.

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Agree

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I think the US should lower the drinking age to 18.  After all, that's the legal age for most everything else (vote, military, etc.)

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Quote: from alexisdanielle at 4:19 pm on Aug. 20, 2008

Quote: from neverjeeps at 4:17 pm on Aug. 20, 2008

Quote: from boom spencer boom at 4:11 pm on Aug. 20, 2008

if you lower the age it just makes it legal for them to binge drink.
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  It makes so the cops cant punish them    
 

 
 That would be true if the drinking environment was to stay the same but it wouldn't. Most Americans are 18 their senior year, still living with parents. And with parental guidence the kids would be able to learn to drink safely.

What if there parents are alcoholics and abuse it?



Most likely the kids would be fed-up with their parents and not want to drink at all.

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Quote: from LaMotta at 4:20 pm on Aug. 20, 2008

Unlucky!!!
It's 18 over here!!


Yeah we are, and you also have the streets. :P

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God i love this country

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Don't give a shit either way, because even tho im not 21, i can still buy liquor at restaurants in lovely NYC. Lowering it to 18 would be a good idea though, i doubt they will ever change it though

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I'd prefer no drinking age, thank you.

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i agree with it, i drink and well hmm if it was changed to 18 i can wait til then. 21 thats to longg.

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Ok i sat here and read everythin everyone had to say and I have somethin to say as well. Personally i started drinkin at 7 yes7 dont call me a liar im not dumb i can count....anyway. i started drinkin at seven and i was an A and B student up untill recently. i am only sixteen now. If the legal drinking age gets lowered its goin to do one of two things....one, if people accept it and learned any manners and self control from their parents they will be able to handle it. if you can buy ciggarettes at 18 and enlist in the army at 18 why not buy alcohol your gettin it from your older friends anyway. I sure as hell am. well no now i get it from my mother its legal here wit a parent or legal gardian. I dont care for all that " IF your gonna die fer your country at least let me drink," "youll give me a gun at 18 to kill ppl but you wont let me drink...."  shit i hate when ppl say that its soo FUCKIN BIASED. if your gonna drink drink responsibly or dont drink at all, dont drink for attention, dont drink "cuz u can" or what ever be responsible and maybe the country will give you some responsibility

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