College chiefs urge new debate on drinking age - CNN.com
Any opinions?
My opinion is leave it at 21 ... only 3 more months to go for me
On the serious side I feel that if we were to lower it to 18 then we would have even more problems with binge drinking and juvenile alcoholism as it would be even more available (its not like restaurants and stores do more then ask for an ID and fake IDs are very easily obtainable from underground sources as well as corrupt DMV employees) and it would lead to even more cases of DUI.
Remember that in many European nations, the police generally have more leeway in dealing with DUI (ex. they can test EVERY driver instead of every 3 or whatever it is here or they can do unannounced checkpoints) and in some countries the penalties are also stricter then here in the US where DUI is basically treated like a joke even if someone is killed or seriously injured.
College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.
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My opinion is leave it at 21 ... only 3 more months to go for me
On the serious side I feel that if we were to lower it to 18 then we would have even more problems with binge drinking and juvenile alcoholism as it would be even more available (its not like restaurants and stores do more then ask for an ID and fake IDs are very easily obtainable from underground sources as well as corrupt DMV employees) and it would lead to even more cases of DUI.
Remember that in many European nations, the police generally have more leeway in dealing with DUI (ex. they can test EVERY driver instead of every 3 or whatever it is here or they can do unannounced checkpoints) and in some countries the penalties are also stricter then here in the US where DUI is basically treated like a joke even if someone is killed or seriously injured.
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