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Do you remember your first taste of alcohol? How old were you? Twenty-one? All 50 states currently demand that their citizens reach age 21 before they can legally drink. But there's a growing movement that says mandatory minimum laws may do more harm than good. When determining the right date when a young person can take one of their final steps towards personal responsibility and freedom, what's the right answer?
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Where is the Evidence That This Will Work?
Good Question
Where is the evidence that this will work? I have read what people have posted. I have also read the statemenst made by Amethyst Initiative and do not see any related studies showing that lowering the age will help. What I do see is page after page of material on the internet that shows that the Age of 21 for the drinking age has done alot. One such site: http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/AA67/AA67.htm
Here is my question: You have an 18 year old senior in high school. Do you really want him or her to be able to readily access alcohol? Because of their birthdays, two of my three sons will be 18 when they are seniors and I can say as a Parent, I do not want them to be able to have access to buy it legally.
- UltraConservative August 22, 2008 6:11AM
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Actually You Can't
"Because of their birthdays, two of my three sons will be 18 when they are seniors and I can say as a Parent, I do not want them to be able to have access to buy it legally."
You actually can't say as a parent, the government is doing that for you. Can it be assumed that you are okay with the fact that your sons can buy cigarettes and porn at 18 or would you like those items to be held back until 21 as well?
- PhilyG
January 29, 2009 8:28PM
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