(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I was just wondering what all of your thoughts on lowering the Legal drinking are. I personally think the drinking age in the U.S. should be lowered from 21 to 18. If a man can get married, vote for the president of his country, and join the military at 18, why can't he choose to have a drink or not? I would like to hear all of your thoughts on this :beer:

Actually, even hard liquor (consumed in very small amounts obviously) is healthy for you. In basic terms, it gives your liver a workout and cleans out your system. Beer has tons of grains and nutrients in it. If beer didn't have alcohol in it, it would be one of the healthiest drinks for you.

Changing a law to allow 18 year olds to drink in public rather than binge drinking at home will definitely alleviate a lot of alcohol poisoning deaths out there. And some people just drink to be "cool" because it's illegal. If they were legally allowed to drink, quite a few teens wouldn't drink as much.

And yes, alcohol is addictive. But it's so built into our society that it's customary to have wine with a fancy dinner, or have champagne at a wedding, etc. There's no such thing as going to an engagement party and everyone is doing lines on the tables. Alcohol is just more common and acceptable. Also, smoking cigarettes is legal for 19 year olds (in my state anyway) and they kill people too, and they're a hell of a lot more addictive than alcohol.

Rather than being so ageist about the drinking age problem and not allowing 18-20 year olds to drink, the government should find ways to better educate our youth about alcohol, find ways to stop drinking and driving, and let our 18 year old adults drink.

You have any concrete evidence to back your claim?.
One of my mum's uncle passed away from drinking hard liquor,f ucked up his liver and he didn't drink that much everyday.
It might give your liver a workout once in a while,but continous bombardment of liquor with high percentages of alcohol cannot be good.


Like I said,no law will ease the way people drink.
Once the acohol kicks in,common sense goes out the f ucking window.

Yeah,i'll agree with ya on that.


There is a major difference in that smoking cigarettes affect the "user/smoker" which can kill for some.
Alcohol on the other hand,not only affects the drinker,but also those around him/her.


Education is one thing but the leniency in the fines for alcohol associated problems should be harsher.
Once the community has a grasp of these consequences (perhaps) it will help to "control" drinking problems.

I'm not really sure actually. Alcohol effects some people's bodies different than others. I also have a grandfather whose brain is essentially deteriorating from alcohol. But I know people who drank more than he ever did, and do it every single day, and they have absolutely no serious health problems (yet)

Also depends on the person. When I get plastered (I rarely do) I'm actually still pretty sensible. I know what not to do. I'm still coherent. But then again, some 18 year olds are just plain dumb with it. So I do have to agree with you there. But the common sense also goes out the window with a dumb person who is over 21. Those three years won't make them more responsible with it. A dumb 18 year old with alcohol will be a dumb 21 year old with alcohol.

As for the cigarettes, there is second hand smoke to consider. Which does damage people's lungs around you as well. But we're not talking about cigarettes here, I just used that as an example. Again, it depends on the person. If the person gets angry and abusive under the influence, they will be the same exact way as soon as they turn 21. The age of 21 doesn't change anything in a person's alcohol behavior. It just prolongs it, and forces them to drink underground until they do turn 21. Then they drink/act the exact same way they have been since they started drinking (around 17 or 18 )

And I absolutely agree with you. I like canada's drinking laws by far. It's 19 (18 in some provinces), with a driving BAC limit of 0.05, rather than the stupid 0.08 of the U.S. They also close their liquor stores and bars a lot earlier than we do.

Overall, change drinking age to 18, improve education for our youth, and make drinking laws more strict across all states.

Most definitely mate,as we're all individuals that have different reactions and tolerances to a wide array of substances we ingest/inhale.

Exactly, but whether the person is 18 years old or 21 years old doesn't change that at all. The drinking age should definitely be revised.

I think the drinking age should stay, and although i plan to get absolutely smashed in a few weeks on my 18th i think 21 is a better age. The legal drinking age law is slightly misleading. All it really means is you cant purchase alcohol or consume it in public. In your own home, you are allowed as much alcohol as you like, and you are allowed to have it with meals out as long as your parents buy it. So really, the only thing that the drinking age stops, is getting drunk and going on nights out. Which really you shouldnt be doing until you're over 18 at least anyway. people will disagree but if you really think about it, lowering the drinking age has no real benefits for anyone except the individuals happiness, but it is detrimental to their long term health..

If anything it should be raised. Half the people who drink aren't nearly responsible enough to be drinking.

That is a good point sir