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To add on to my point about going to parties vs. bars, I think underage drinking just ends up encouraging binge drinking. Obviously it's pretty easy to binge drink at a bar, but compare that to a restaurant that serves alcohol. Sometimes it's nice to just get a beer or two with your dinner. When you're of legal age, you can go to breweries and some give out a limited number of free samples. In college they had events with kegs and you could get a wristband worth a certain number of beers.


But with underage drinking, nobody is encouraged to learn responsible habits because it's the Wild West. And for me, a lot of my initial exposure was at big parties where of course they have almost nothing but shitty beer and cheap vodka and rum with simple mixers. That teaches people that alcohol isn't meant to be enjoyed for the taste, but consumed to get drunk. That's not to say I'd just get shitfaced at every part I went to, but I'm sure for many people who have poor self-control that's what they think you are supposed to do.