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Trad Bass

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Thu Aug-07-03 10:39 AM
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Legal drinking age

I think it should be 18. What is your take?

Many under 21 year olds drink anyway. A beer or two won't kill ya.

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WhoCountsTheVotes

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Thu Aug-07-03 10:42 AM
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1. It used to be, then

the number of seriously fatal accidents caused by 18-21 year olds driving drunk in cars skyrocketed, causing massive loss of life and property damage. Too many 18-21 year olds, and other age groups, cannot drink responsibly.

After the age was raised, I believed the accidents went down. A beer or two won't kill you, but a drunk high school kid in a car sure as hell can.

Perhaps we could lower the age to 18, with a mandatory 5 year sentence for driving under the influence?

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Trad Bass

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Thu Aug-07-03 10:43 AM
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5. Well we give 18 year olds machine guns in the Army

Why not a beer?

I agree with tough DUI laws

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drdigi420

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Thu Aug-07-03 10:42 AM
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2. Alcohol is a dangerous drug

of course it should stay legal. Outlawing ANY drug only makes that drug worse. Look at what outlawing heroin has done: more deaths, more crime, more addicts. Same as when we outlawed alcohol.

As far as the drinking age, how about a competency/maturity test instead of an arbitrary number?

I know plenty of people in their 40s who still arent mature enough to be trusted with a joint, much less a hard drug like alcohol.

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avtho

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Thu Aug-07-03 10:42 AM
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3. No but 6 beers will?

Had a client's daughter killed by an executive of a large insurance company . He had 6 beers. Drove through a stop sign.

Maybe about 105 would be the correct age to drink.

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Thu Aug-07-03 10:43 AM
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Loonman

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Thu Aug-07-03 10:44 AM
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6. You get into the "mental maturity" debate with that

I know 18 year olds who are very intelligent and articulate, and I also know 30 year olds who shouldn't cross the street.

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whoYaCallinAlib

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Thu Aug-07-03 10:45 AM
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7. You will never hear a presidential candidate support lowering the

drinking age. It's been done before with extremely horrific consequences. Too many alcohol related fatalities caused by drinking 18-20 year olds behind the wheel.

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