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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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The Teen Brain is Not Fully Developed
Guns vs. Beer
So if a Teen's brain is not fully developed, why are they allowed to fight in wars for this country? A gun is much more dangerous than a beer is.
- uofascott August 22, 2008 10:56AM
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Right on!
True enough! What about voting? If their brains are immature until their 20s, why do permit them to vote? By definition, the immature mind is incapable of making the important types of decisions that go into the determination of whom to vote for.
Personally, I think the driving age should be 21 and the drinking age 16 -- people should learn to hold their liquor before they get behind the wheel of a potentially dangerous instrumentality.
- JKFriedman
September 4, 2008 11:12AM
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