Underage drinking ...

**iloveroddy** · October 30th '05

for it or aganist it .. ?
should the age be made lower ?

**Haunting_Echoes** · October 30th '05

I don't know about this one, I mean bad as it is, it will happen no matter what the limit is lowered to. Here it's 18, and that's alright, most teens don't start until about 15/16, so they aren't too far under the age limit, but I think 21 in the states is too high, not because people should be allowed to drink at a younger age, but because making teens wait so long is just an incentive for them to drink more, teens like to push the boundaries, see how far they can go before trouble happens, it's only natural.

**Patriot1776** · November 3rd '05

I'm not exactly sure where I stand on that issue. Personally I feel we should follow the drinking laws,but sometimes I wonder if the drinking age is to high. I mean, at 18 they allow you to choose your nations leaders and they allow you to drive,yet they don't seem to think you are responsible enough to drink. I've never understood that.

I feel that as long as the driunking age is reasonalbe it is okay. If there is one thing history has shown us it is that outlawing alchohol only makes the situation worse.

**The Wheel** · November 3rd '05

your allowed to Drive a 2 ton automobile at 16 By A gun too and at 18 join the armed forces and man huge bombers and tanks. Yes they should lower it

**Mamfy** · November 3rd '05

Well you can drink alcohol from a very early age if you are with your parents or have been bought it by an adult.

**~Wayne~** · November 3rd '05

I drink and am only 16 and I think 18 is reasonable even though I'd like to legally drink I dont think it would be right to lower the age

**Haunting_Echoes** · November 3rd '05

I wouldn't lower it from 18, because that's a fairly reasonable age. Most teens drink below the limit, but if it was any higher then they would probably start drinking earlier. The majority of teens drink too much, and before it's legal. I don't think you will ever change that, but why change a system that so far works quite well.

**Patriot1776** · November 4th '05

The Wheel wrote:

your allowed to Drive a 2 ton automobile at 16 By A gun too and at 18 join the armed forces and man huge bombers and tanks. Yes they should lower it

Although you can't buy a gun until your older over here. There isn't any age lim it to owning one.

I think 18 is a reasonable age.

**Brianna.** · November 4th '05

I hate the 21 thing.

I've been drinking for the past two years, and I've yet to get in an accident/get injured while under the influence.

**BleedBlack** · November 4th '05

Well over here it's legally to drink under 18, but you can't actually buy the stuff unless your 18.
I just hate it when all the 14/15 year old's are drinking cos they think it's 'cool'

**Sponge'K'nob** · November 4th '05

the age 21 limit is completely stupid.
I dont think they should lower the age 18, as people like to do something when there not supposed it, therefore 14 years olds drink now when there ment to be 18, so if they loweered it to 16, you would get younger kids wanting to try it out, its just wrong.....not that i dont underage drink, my mum gave me alcohol from the age of 7, and my dad gave me lager when i was 1....i have photo proof!

**Pearson** · November 6th '05

There's no way to law an minimum age for drinking. IMO is down to maturity, There's 15 year olds that are mature enough to drink, and there's 18 year olds and older that arent. So its difficult but yeah, 18 i think is the right age. But i think gettin some1 dun whos underage and drinking responsibly is wrong. Anyone that abuses alcohol should be punished, regardles of age.

***Jess*** · November 6th '05

I think Im mature enough to drink, because I know all the dangers of binge drinking and other drinking dangers, and I wont drink too much of it. I refuse. I just drink now and then, socially.

**Pearson** · November 6th '05

well then , IMO thats perfectally exceptable, even though your underage

**Brianna.** · November 6th '05

As I said earlier, I drink, but I'm responsable. I'd never drive while I was under the influence, and I have really good self control while I'm drunk.

I've been drinking for about two years, and I'm only 17 now, so yeah.

***Jess*** · November 7th '05

Yeah, as pearson said, it all depends on maturity. So if you dont make yourself stupid when your drunk and you dont drive or anything, your fine.

**Kerry** · June 3rd '07

BleedBlack wrote:

Well over here it's legally to drink under 18, but you can't actually buy the stuff unless your 18.
I just hate it when all the 14/15 year old's are drinking cos they think it's 'cool'

Yeah all the people in my old school are always on street corners drinking. It doesn't do them any favours, and to me they're just acting more like kids than grown up as they seem to think they are.

iloveroddy wrote:

for it or aganist it .. ?
should the age be made lower ?

I'm against underage drinking and the fact that people seem to think it's cool is just weird.

Also, I seen on the news the other day that it's legal for kids the age of 5+ to drink in their own homes legally. (Something like that) - I think that's sick :|

**lucille** · June 3rd '07

I don't actually care if kids are drunken hooligans by the age of twelve as long as I can drink. If the drinking age turns to 21 now I'm going to start taking crack in spite.

**Foych** · June 3rd '07

don't really care if age is lower, sometimes underaged kids are pretty funny when they dring 1 beer and can't walk normaly.

**lucille** · June 3rd '07

I'm not going to deny I used to be the same. Take one sip of Turkish vodka and suddenly I was like 'sooooooooooooooo wasted'. So grinding to Boys by Britney Spears was made absolutely acceptable. Good times.