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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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Other means to protect persons from harm
Isn't our society based on freedom
The "studies" you quote describe damage related to repeated use or misuse of alcohol by young people, and justifies why parents need to educate their kids about alcohol and abstinence or moderation. They can't do that when they are threatened with arrest.
It does not justify government prohibition for a group of young adults. These adults should have the right and responsibility to make this adult decision. If they make the wrong one, just like the rest of us, they will pay the adult price.
- ClearAmerica
November 18, 2008 11:40AM
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