Return the Drinking Age to 18, and Enforce It

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I will change my drinking age to 18 years old - then I will enforce the law. The current system banning alcohol consumption for Americans under the age of 21 has been largely ignored with catastrophic consequences. Teaching people to responsibly drink alcohol before 21 years will greatly enhance public health. Now, high school students and college students believe that dangerous drinking alcoholic drinking is a method through ceremonies.

Even if the age of drinking is 21 years old it does not decrease drinking quantity - it is the most dangerous environment just pushed underground.

The current law was passed in all 50 states in the 1980s to reduce the number of traffic fatalities caused by young drunk drivers. It has succeeded - but it helps to reduce the stricter seatbelts and D. U.I. regulations. Even if you increase the age of drinking alcohol you do not decrease the amount of drinking - just press the basement which is the most dangerous place in the basement. The colonnade of the high school student without the teacher and the brothers are showing a strange "house of animals". This age discrimination leads to drinking from adults, they can imitate the moderate

The root of this extreme drinking is our own history. Most alcohol bans in the US from 1920 to 1933 normalized drinking done at parties of today's university. For Speak Easy and blind pigs, we do not know when FBI will be displayed, so we aim to drink as much as possible. Likewise, today's law encourages young people to evade this system. Like Abstinent Act - Abstinence Education - This is a frustrating failure

In a study published in Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research in 2009, between 1998 and 2005, the number of deaths from alcoholism in children between the ages of 18 and 24 rose from 779 to 2290 It has tripled. The study also tracked the increase in deaths due to cold and falls. Some reports link excessive drinking to sexual assault.

An American 18 year old has the right to vote, get married, buy a gun, or join the army. They are familiar enough to defend their country, determine the elected officials, and serve the jury - but can not regulate their own appetite? They should have the opportunity to learn

We do not give car keys to teenagers without first editing them about how to drive. Why do you want a 21-year-old child to learn how to drink responsibly without learning the medium model, family and alcohol educational programs?

Purchasing alcoholic beverages in Spain is 18 years old. Law enforcement in the area of ​​tourists and nightclubs is not strict, but people of this age are prohibited from drinking alcohol and buying alcoholic beverages. Drinking on the street has been banned recently (although it is still a common way in most nightlife areas). Some shops may not provide alcohol during the afternoon. At 9 am there is no specific license to sell alcohol to any store. It may be one of the best places to meet people in Spain. Everyone visits them, they are always busy, and from time to time they deal with people. There is no age limit to enter these places. However, children and adolescents usually do not enjoy alcoholic beverages. The bar clearly announced the age limit of alcohol consumption, but it is intermittent only. It is very common for the whole family to meet at the bar.

I will change my drinking age to 18 years old - then I will enforce the law. The current system banning alcohol consumption for Americans under the age of 21 has been largely ignored with catastrophic consequences. Teaching people to responsibly drink alcohol before 21 years will greatly enhance public health. Children of high school students and university students now think that dangerous alcoholic drinking is a passing ceremony. The current law was passed in all 50 states in the 1980s to reduce the number of traffic fatalities caused by young drunk drivers. It has succeeded - but it helps to reduce the stricter seatbelts and D. U.I. regulations. Even if you increase the age of drinking alcohol you do not decrease the amount of drinking - just press the basement which is the most dangerous place in the basement. The colonnade of the high school student without the teacher and the brothers are showing a strange "house of animals". This age discrimination leads to drinking from adults, they can imitate the moderate