What is your opinion on the drinking age in USA?

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Do you think it should be lowered to 18 or 19 than at the highest in the world of 21? :hmm:
 
Hmm this is awkward for me. As I am 19 years old and I'm from England where the drinking age is 18. I think 21 is more sensible.
 
My opinion is that it should be lowered to 19, that is a reasonable age, also what is used in most of Canada (Except 2 provinces, I think...)
 
Oh gosh! i am not going there to discuss about it. its been years and years to agrue about the age. and there are several threads about it all over on ad. haha

age 19 sounds good once you are out of high school.
 
I'm sorry for duplicate topic... I just was reading about the amethyst initiative and thought I'd post...
 
It's better to have parents teach children to understand about alcoholic and see who stupid it would make kids when take in high school. be good role!
 
My wife and I often go to Tijuana, almost every weekend. We noticed American youths went over the border to Tijuana (Av Revolucion) where all the night clubs, dance bars and others are on that street. They seem get wasted on alcohol ended up vomiting and being sick on they way back home to US. Sometimes we saw young kids over 18 received injuries from fights or sexual abuse.

US authorities in our side didn't do anything but had to let them in. They didnt violate US drinking laws because they drank alcohol in Tijuana but they should be charged for bringing disorderly and disruption to the public at San Ysidro based on their drunkenness.

So the drinking age should be 21 in clubs and bars should stay but I encourage the drinking law should drop to 18 when drink in homes and/with under PARENTAL supervision so they can learn themselves some consequences after drinking.
 
Honestly, I think it's stupid that the drinking age is 21 when we actually turn adult at age of 18, that we're allowed to smoke, allowed to see porno, allowed to have lottery tickets, allowed to join the army and fight.... and yet... you can't drink at age of 18?

I think a drinking age should be at age of 18... it make sense and it's simple.
 
deafaussie said:
My wife and I often go to Tijuana, almost every weekend. We noticed American youths went over the border to Tijuana (Av Revolucion) where all the night clubs, dance bars and others are on that street. They seem get wasted on alcohol ended up vomiting and being sick on they way back home to US. Sometimes we saw young kids over 18 received injuries from fights or sexual abuse.

US authorities in our side didn't do anything but had to let them in. They didnt violate US drinking laws because they drank alcohol in Tijuana but they should be charged for bringing disorderly and disruption to the public at San Ysidro based on their drunkenness.

So the drinking age should be 21 in clubs and bars should stay but I encourage the drinking law should drop to 18 when drink in homes and/with under PARENTAL supervision so they can learn themselves some consequences after drinking.
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*grins* I'm from San Diego, and yeah, it is insane. I don't mind listening to loud latin music in TJ, but I don't like Revolution Street. I have noticed the big change from '80s to present day. The Memorial Day weekend is way worse. TJ is not the only border town that have the same problem. It applies to all border towns. I've been to almost all of them before, and they all have the exact same problems.

The problem is extremely well known among San Diego/TJ for years. San Diego had a major discussion with TJ about regulating young teens crossing the border in the '90s. The policies had to be formed that kids under 18 aren't permitted to enter the border without adult supervision. Border agents must ask teens for IDs, but normally succumb to bribes, and fake IDs. Dealing is a way of life in Tijuana and Mexico.

Recently, Camp Pendleton had announced the policy that marines are allowed to drink at 18, but are not permitted to go to TJ due to security reasons except on official visits.

If you are not happy with Revolution street, I recommend you can try Rosarito.
 
Oi... Being a former resident of Alberta, we see this a lot with people from B.C., Saskatchewan. Idaho and Montana because the drinking age is 18. Here in Victoria, B.C., Americans like to come here because the drinking age is 19 and is only an hour and half ferry hop away from many of the cities in Washington. I imagine any of the cities bordering a Canadian province would have the same problem. I imagine Quebec has the same problem as Alberta since the drinking age is 18 there, and is 19 everywhere else sans Alberta, which I have mentioned earlier.

*shrugs

My take? Legalise at 19. 18 is an awkward age to start because you get a weird mix of people in grade 12 who are 17 and can't drink, and people who are 18 and can drink.
 
18-19 is good. I mean, you can get shipped off and die for your country at 18 but you can't drink until you're 21?
 
18 is fine plus like others saying a good parental education and guidance goes a long way with youth.
 
Hmm, my idea of legal drinking 'age' shoujld be redefined like along car driving licences. Put it like this, from the age of 19 or 20 for low alcohol catergory drinks to be allow for those 19 or 20 years of age - this should be low-alcohol beer, wine all drinks with contents of alcohols of 10 % of lower this includes wine. (so its going to put pressure on wine makers to produce wines with low alcohol contents- Germans would have that problem- they already know how to do that well)

Then, with no pre-existing reported brench of law relating to influence of alcohol, then once at 25, those individuals would be granted with a 'full licence to drink of all alcohol available'.
That idea is so that this policy format would 'allow' the law to reflect the learning curve for young adults to realise the real potential of alcohol to cause problems and tha tthey would have to prove they can be responsible.

So, it should be like this, learners permit from 19 or 20, untill if proven stable with alcohol, then a full licence to purchase/consume full strength alcholic beverages at the age of 25. With this set of rules in place, it would force the young adults to think and consider this is real so they would have to prove they are qualifiable to handle alcohol.
 
I dunno. I think that the drinking age should be maybe 18 or 19, though the transition should be rough. Can't say i'd like to be there that day.
 
Biggest problem about teen drinking is that it is taboo. Take away the danger and excitement of breaking the law, and you won't have much of a teen drinking problem. This is why teen alcohol consumption is not really a problem in European countries, that and the fact that children are instructed in proper drinking etiquette from the time they are young children. It's the same deal with pot: make it legal, and I guarantee that the amount of teenagers smoking it will drop, not to mention all the drug cartels and crime surrounding dealing it.
 
I still prefer the young people to be 21, but they are also can be careless on what they consume to drink over too much just to have fun or get in trouble. Alcohol is very bad to their health, young and old. It is poison to lead our health down to death if we don't take care of ourselves. I had quit drinking alcohol and smoke cigarettes. I feel much clearer and better to focus. When I want to celebrate New Year's Eve, I drink Sparkling wine. This is my 2 cents. :D
 
in american must legal drink at ages 21 or over not 18!!

in British start drink at 18 im not surprise it!!
 
deafaussie said:
My wife and I often go to Tijuana, almost every weekend. We noticed American youths went over the border to Tijuana (Av Revolucion) where all the night clubs, dance bars and others are on that street. They seem get wasted on alcohol ended up vomiting and being sick on they way back home to US. Sometimes we saw young kids over 18 received injuries from fights or sexual abuse.

US authorities in our side didn't do anything but had to let them in. They didnt violate US drinking laws because they drank alcohol in Tijuana but they should be charged for bringing disorderly and disruption to the public at San Ysidro based on their drunkenness.

So the drinking age should be 21 in clubs and bars should stay but I encourage the drinking law should drop to 18 when drink in homes and/with under PARENTAL supervision so they can learn themselves some consequences after drinking.
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Under 21's go elsewhere to drink and because they don't know HOW to drink, they get stupid drunk. That is why it needs to e lowered! So that they KNOW limits and how to be responsible.
 
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