I agree with the age 18. That's what it was when I grew up in NY State. Some people can't be trusted with beer at any age.
I don't know that I'd object to lowering the drinking age, but a) coming from a Coors, that looks like a HUGE conflict of interest, which makes him look bad, and b) his particular reason is akin to arguing in favor of amnesty for illegal aliens on the grounds that "they come in anyway and the government has made them criminals."
Yeah, there were a lot of 21 year old + that drank responsibily when I was at college.
What a loon.
As was the case before (and technically still is) each state should be able to decide for themselves the legal drinking age. Be it 12, 16, 18, 21, or 50 without the threat from the Imperial Federal Government (IFG) that it will take away its federal highway dollars and other monies.
18-year olds can get drafted and join the army and kill people. Theycan get married and have kids and go through child birth, but they can't have a drink.
I hate the anti-drinking nazis and I have since before I was 18 (long ago).
Be interesting,
Prohabitory groups vs brewing, distling and resturant industries.
Be interesting,
Prohabitory groups vs brewing, distling and resturant industries.
Well, how about a compromise.
Gain a high school diploma and you can achive the right to consume alcohol at an age lower than 21. Imagine the incentive for a child to graduate early. ;-)
That which we are not permitted to have becomes a far greater temptation. I suspect the absurd age limit of 21 contributes to binge drinking in colleges -- since we might not be able to score this beer, vodka, bourbon, or whatever next week, the thinking goes, we'd better make the most of it while we can.
I also believe that it makes sense for kids to "learn how to drink" before they get their drivers' licenses. Again, in Europe, the driving age is 18 for the most part.
We tried that in TX a few years ago and it was a disaster! The younger folk aren't sufficiently matured enough to handle the booze!
Gotta agree with lowering the beer & wine age back to 18. If you're old enough to vote & die for your country, you should be old enough to drink. As it stands right now, the 21-for-everything mandate is just another in a long line of scoff-laws perpetrated upon us by the nanny-state.
If you can enlist in the military at age 18 and defend your country - with all the life and death responsibility taht entails - you should be able to buy a drink.