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21 Is Too Old
If at 18 you are old enough to fight for your country and vote for your leader than you should be able to drink at 18. I mean after all you are an adult. I happen to think many teenagers drink anyways so it doesn't matter.
 OPINUATED1  30 Apr 2008 20:21
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Yes 21 is too old
Once you hit 18 your like an adult so why do we have to wait till were 21
It just makes more people drink earlier on as in where they're in there teens and i don't see the point in that.
 
 Rainbow_x  15 May 2009 18:21
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You're right if you can die for your country you should be able to get wasted before you do so i don't see what the problem is more kids are dying cause they are doing it some where else then diving home but if you could do it at 18 we could just stay home and get drunk
 
 zoelynn  24 Apr 2009 09:02
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Agreed. Seriously, most kids at 18 are able to get access to alcohol anyways, so why not just make it legal?

I heard that colleges make it legal so that we can weed out all the slackers. I mean, those that are serious about school will (hopefully) drink with moderation (say a bit of red wine for the health benefits).
 
 Starburst  12 Dec 2008 01:47
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People drink at 18 anyways
 
 Calvin  18 Aug 2008 02:17
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I think the French have it right they allow kids to taste the wine at meal times, that way they come to respect it and see it for what it is. For them it is a bit like going for a coffee. It is no big issue over in Gay Paree.
 
 keepmindok  23 Jul 2008 15:29
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Indeed it is.
 
 Snipex  23 Jul 2008 15:21
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I think , everyone who says "A" has to say "B", too.
So I think if the president thinks you are old enough to fight "for" your land with 18 years,
you should ,too, be allowed to drink with 18.
If your soul is old enough to see other people falling in a war, your body is old enough to resist the follows of drinking.
 
 thevoter08  07 Jun 2008 19:41
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I do think 21 is too old.
I live in the UK and the age there is 18.
Even at this age, kids are rebelling and obtaining fake ID's, drinking around bus stops and generally reeking havoc.
Introducing alcohol with a lower % would be a better idea. When I was younger I used to have sips of wine or beer at the dinner table with my parents and that in itself makes me not care about alcohol so much.
We've got to educate younger generations that is isn't 'cool' and get them to understand the consequences.

If we leave the drinking age to 21, imagine how many people will excessively drink just because they don't know the limits?
 
 helenbobby  25 May 2008 10:01
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At 21 your are just starting your life on your own after college
 
 shipp  01 Apr 2009 19:31
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It's because your brain doesn't stop developing until your 23. It's not about if your an adult, well that's kind of the reason but not the main one.
 
 wikkawikka  17 Jun 2008 09:37
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Drinking is a very horrid habit, so I'm glad you have to be 18 in order to participate in such a silly activity.
 
 Maggie1  18 May 2008 20:57
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Hay if you have a problem with 21 move to Canada.
 
 Pure  17 May 2008 18:58
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I live in Australia and the age to drink is 18. The problem is that there is a very high number of binge drinkers and lots of fights caused by 18 year-olds who had one too many Vodka shots.
 
 dlangton  01 May 2008 10:29
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If that is your argument, then only 18 yr. Olds who are in the military should be allowed to drink, all others no.
 
 pusspuss  01 May 2008 03:00
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 So, you want a teenager with a gun to be allowed to become intoxicated. Sounds like a party to me. Lets all write letters to our congressmen(and congresswomen if i want to be politically correct) on this one
by  raiderfan9
 08 May 2008 01:38
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Leave the drinking age where it is. It's safer. Period.
 
 Mark  30 Apr 2008 21:22
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Oh no, see 18 year olds aren't old enough to remember, but 19 years ago scientist did a test and found that you don't develop you are
drinking gland until the age of 21. With out it
your head will explode and your belly button
would suck you into this endless vortex.
 
 Bacchus  30 Apr 2008 20:35
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 that's funny. i thought it would go more along with you would get aids from drinking beer and then crucified and have to go through two horribly gruesome deaths
by  raiderfan9
 08 May 2008 01:36
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