Advocating Lower Drinking Age

A group of college presidents wants a public debate on the negative effects of the current drinking age on binge drinking and alcohol related deaths. Harry Smith reports.

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[scabey94635i]

i could kill that bitch laura dean, the drinking age needs to be lowered back to 18 because by having it at 21 we are abusing and lowering the self esteem of tax paying adults.

[qwerly45]

I'm English/ Irish. Bought up in England. Drinking age is 18 however most drink way before that usually around 8-10. My first drink was a glass of red wine aged 7. In europe the drinking age can be as low as 7 in places and in some countries none existent. I had no idea American law was so nazi towards alcohol. After all you Americans do have some good beers and whiskies to be proud of.

[smoyer60]

Lowering the drinking age to 16 for beer/wine, and having social acceptance for 14 and 15 year-olds to drink a glass of wine, pint of beer, etc. with parents and adults at dinner would create responsibility for alcohol that the youth of our country lack.

[1967WEDway]

Lowering the drinking age to 18 does not give high school students easier access to alcohol. In a recent survey conducted with high school students, 4 out of 5 said that they already had very easy access to alcohol. The current law is not preventing high school students from getting access to alcohol any better than if the law were changed to 18. The solution to drunk driving isn't to raise the drinking age, it's to crack down on drunk driving. The law does not serve its purpose.

[1967WEDway]

The current law has not saved 1,000 lives per year, the studies used as reasoning by MADD in their arguments are biased. In reality, studies have proven all the law has done is push the number of deaths from 18-20 year olds to 21-23 year olds. But the study only looks at 18-20 year olds, giving the illusion that 1,000 lives have been saved even though they haven't. The solution to drunk driving isn't to raise the drinking age, it's to crack down on drunk driving.

[edwardd6681]

@JVDnh3 that's abusing it you can dye from eating too much too

[TheLandOfTears]

It's not going to happen, just like marijuana is not going to be legal, this is the same.

[lakingsfan112]

This Laura bitch is a fucking pathetic moron. What kind of background does she have that means she is all the sudden a fucking expert on drinking alcohol. I'm 18, I'm an adult, I can vote, and I should be able to drink a fucking beer bitch!!

[pavlovich53]

What a fucking moron. The solution to drunk driving isn't to raise the drinking age, it's to crack down on drunk driving.

[kronichsmoker42]

who said we were gonna drive bitch! fuck you we will buy the beer and chill if you know what that means you fuckin cunt

[000razo000]

"its saved over a 1000 young peoples lives every year" so why not raise the age limit to 25?, 30?, ban the substance? Imagine how many lives we'd save then! someone kill this cunt

[airHaakon]

@qwerly45 No their beers sucks and jack daniels sucks irish whisky and polish beer is the best not coors light shit