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In America, you have to be 21 in order to drink. Is this fair to you? Discuss.

Where I live it's 18. We're pretty relaxed here about drinking. Do what you want, accept what it's going to do to you. If it gets out of control you might get in shit but for the most part you can drink if you know what you're doing (as in you're not a total idiot who's going to poison themselves). I'm not saying we let little kids drink here but you're pretty much alright now if you were born in the 80's.

Drinking? Yes. Only if they aren't going to do something stupid like drive a car, or hit on a huge biker's girlfriend. Well, the second one would be amusing to watch.

Seriously, as long as the kid's parents don't have any problem with it, sure.

Doesn't matter if it's legal or not.... doesn't matter if its right or not, im still gonna drink!!!! TIME TA BRING OUT A 40 OZ.

I think that people should have every right to drink legally. It should be the parents who decide whether or not their little kids get to drink. A good bicardi now and then settles the soul.

nah... we need people as mature as possible... i think there would be more accidents with 18... anyway, thats unhealthy!

So is staring at a computer for an hour... what's your point?

mabye they should allow drinking of people without drivers licenses until they turn the legal age to drink if u know what im saying... doesnt matter what the law is people will still disobey it

The core answer to this topic really all ends up with my trademark word, Well, one of them anyway. Depends. It really simply depends on everybody's own personal growth. A person at the age of 18, may have the body and capacity of a 25 year old, which by law, is quite suitable. So the topic is quite delicate. Some people believe that drinking under supervision of a gaurdian is quite acceptable, others may say that every person under 20 can not drink.

But here comes the conspiracy. What does it mean by "drinking" To not make it pathetic, I will continue. Does it mean all alcohol? or simply that of wine, beer, and high-alcohol rated drinks. By that, I mean, Wine, Ice-wine, Lion Red, or any other bits and cans from around the house which parents may/may not be used to having a small sip or a can or two before the night ends.

The other end of it, the lower alcohol products are such as champagne. Just a matter of fact, the most favoured drinks around, Coca-cola contains Cafine and another substance which, when put together, produces the same effects as alcohol. Yet despite this, the alcohol ratings on coke and somewhat, Pepsi, are low due to the value. But think of it this way, if you eat 500 grams of meat everyday, in the end would it not become 5000g (5kg) [Taking in fact that it is over 10 days, and without taking out the digestion rates, exercises which, you may or may NOT do, the occasional 'extra-input' (chips, candy, chocolate bars) or some other things that may increase the calories..], thus, if it was 5000g = the build up of constand eating.

Same way as this is affected in fresh-water fish or marine life. But this really only occurs in Tuna and other fish that swim into/through fresh water from/into the sea. But of course, if you consumed a fresh-water platapus, then fine, it will also happen. Here is the undesired facts.

Tuna = after long periods of time through both parts of water, fresh and salted, there receive and multiple a type of parasite. And we eat it, we get it as well. Over the large assumption of time, what happens? they multiple, and rush into the brain, getting us brain damage or cancer or whatever.

So, thing is, that is why they have a slight and lightish restriction of the cans "An average adult should only consume 5-6 cans per day". But if you must know, nobody really does that. So infact, it all ends up, and get receive into our bodies, alcohol. Which thus I conclude with this. It doesn't really matter HOW old you are, since even at the early age of 3, I see parents giving their childrens coke with their meals. But of course, for serious alcohols, there needs to be a restriction, but, even a 30 year old makes mistakes, so what makes it so certain that a 30 year old won't crash into lives and a 18 year old would?

jesus... why dont ya write a book on it...

Caffeine doesnt have the same effect as alcohol... caffein is a stimulant and alcohol is a depressant, they have opposite effects

pretty sure that isn't true. You have to be 21 to buy beverages containing alchohol.

Uh, you guys completely missed my point. My point was not infact "Coke = alcohol" and especially not "CAFFINE = alcohol". But Coca-Cola does contain fragences of it. And back to my main insentive, a 30 year old will kill, so will a 21 year old, so no matter the ice, the consequences result the same. [I believe this comment will be strongly opposed]

If I'm old enough to be murdered for my country, I'm old enough to do whatever I want to my own body. 'Nuff said.

the law makes it so that only people of the age of 21 and older can buy alcohol, this is because of the maturity factor. a 21 year old guy will have more self-control (probably) than lets say a 17 or 18 year old guy would have thus lowering the drunk driving incidents (notice i said lower, even if by a little bit). thats my take on it.

If you below the age of 21 you are allowed to drink at home and not be in public while drunk. (I'm pretty sure in VA that's how it is)

Wow !! I think im going to get drunk right now because of your post [/sarcasm]

Buti thought it was illegal !! (even though ive tried beer and crap before i didnt really like it except for kaluha stuff is good But it is kind of a problem. I always hear of kids in my school getting wasted and then hooking up with someone..

doesnet matter if were 18 or 21 or underage drinking were going to have that experience anyway. giving a hobo a 20 doller bill and get a box of beer and give the rest of the change to him. so easy to get beer. plus smoking leads to beer who doesnt smoke and drink beeer at the smae time. all i know is that you have to be mature about it that you shouldnt be hooked on it and not wondering in the street or in a car. so being drunk in the house is cool. and why do we have beer anyway.just give the children nonalcohol beer anyway. plus did yall heard that beer can be somewhat healthy?

It's not illegal for kids to drink. You just hve to be 21 to buy alchohol. So if parents or something give it to you, it's not illegal.

Alchool should be made illegal all overall. Earth would be twice as populated without the hundreds of thousands of deaths over the ages because of its influence...

A. Enforcable how? Ever heard of Prohibition?

B. Twice the world population is... a good thing???

Lets take away cars because car accidents cause deaths. Lets take away medicine because they can kill people. Lets not let people go swimming because they can drown.

Grr .. I dont know were im going with this but thats dumb Alcohol is your choice to use it like its your choice to drive a car or take drugs or even go swimming. Driving a car is a privilge that can be taken away =/

If you made alchohal illeagal you'd have a lot of angry irishmen, more than enough to keep the death rates up =D You're forgeting about all the people who wouldn't be born due to responsible sex =-O

I have no idea why you people (well some) think its not illegal to drink beer under 21.......YOU WILL GET ARRESTED FOR DRINKING BEER IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 21!!!!! It is not just buying beer. Do you really think a Police officer won't arrest you for drinking beer and saying your parents gave it to you? And the drinking age is 21 because that is the average age people stop growing. I do feel though that people 18 and older should be able to drink beer because they can join the military to protect their country and vote, so why not drink beer?

Edit: When I say beer I mean alchohal.

Making alcohol legal for everyone and illegal would have sort of the same effects. There would be either an increase of deaths or an increase in people going to jail. Either way, all the idiots are gone Same should be done with smoking!

But really, why should the government bother with people's health and having restrictions, its their bodies they can do what they want. They should just deny medical treatment for anyone who messes up their bodies due to doing something stupid or in excess

The thing is, here in the US alcohol is taken more abusively then anywhere else. Here its mostly like HEY LETS GO PARTY, GET WASTED, GET LAID, AND PUKE EVERYWHERE!! YEAH MAN!!! I mean sure, they do it elsewhere, but rarely. Most times in other countries because of their low response to alcohol, alcohol is only consumed for special purposes or something. THATS why alcohol is such a big deal here.