[philman_36]

BUt obviously, many kids do drugs without their parents knowing, and drive, and some of those kill others (like the two killed in my town last year).
So let those kids be fined and punished to the full extent of the law, with laws that are already on the books, for their actions.
You're proposing to punish every teen for the actions of a small few.

[yendu bwam]

So let those kids be fined and punished to the full extent of the law, with laws that are already on the books, for their actions. You're proposing to punish every teen for the actions of a small few.

Yes, yes, yes - that's the usual libertarian answer. Those kids should be punished. But no good for the bystanders already killed on the side of the road. When I was a kid, we had NO anti-drunk driving laws. Lots and lots of people drove drunk - and we had lots and lots of BAD accidents in my town as a result. I was run off the road while bicycling by a drunk driver and was lucky to escape relatively unhurt. The passage of drunk driving laws has saved thousands and thousands. - What I don't get about you all is the idea that somehow WE'RE infringing on a teen's rights to insist the he be drug free before getting his license (as if I have no right to have safe and responsible drivers on the road). There's no instrinsic right to be a teen on drugs and to get a drivers license. If lives will be saved by having such a rule (they will), then good.