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TopicWhy don't y'all 'muricans lower the drinking age to 18?
Zeus
10/14/18 4:38:01 AM
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_AdjI_ posted...
Dikitain posted...
Less drunk driving incidents when the age is 21 vs. 18:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20497803

Not that I agree with it anyways, but unless you can change that it is going to remain 21.


I feel like that's a bit of an oversimplified correlation. There have been a whole lot of pushes against drunk driving besides just changing the drinking age,. It might help, but getting rid of drunk driving is much more of a cultural thing than anything that can rely entirely on trying to keep younger adults away from booze.

Personally, I think the whole absolute prohibition idea is fundamentally flawed. It'd make a whole lot more sense to allow drinking at younger ages (such as 16) with parental supervision (or supervision by a parentally-appointed proxy). Minors are going to drink no matter what the law is, so you might as well get them drinking in a controlled environment rather than having them hide away somewhere with only their peers to guide them. That's a much healthier way to learn about alcohol, even if you keep the current drinking age as the minimum for solo drinking.


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