Lower drinking age?
George Will wrote a column in today’s paper about lowering the drinking age in order to better manage risks associated with drinking.
Will wrote that John McCardell, president emeritus of Middlebury College in Vermont and professor of history, has a theory that a way to lower the incidence of illness, mayhem and death from alcohol abuse by young people is to lower the drinking age.
He says the drinking age of 21 has moved drinking to settings away from parental instruction and supervision.
Ann Lombardino of Bossier City agrees with McCardell.
She is from Scotland and said the legal drinking age there is 18.
She says it would save a lot of lives if the drinking age were lowered.
Does anyone else agree?
Will wrote that John McCardell, president emeritus of Middlebury College in Vermont and professor of history, has a theory that a way to lower the incidence of illness, mayhem and death from alcohol abuse by young people is to lower the drinking age.
He says the drinking age of 21 has moved drinking to settings away from parental instruction and supervision.
Ann Lombardino of Bossier City agrees with McCardell.
She is from Scotland and said the legal drinking age there is 18.
She says it would save a lot of lives if the drinking age were lowered.
Does anyone else agree?
posted by Sherry Shephard at 3:32 PM
4 Comments:
You must be JOKING. Imagine a group of irresponsible teenagers, talking on the phone, texting their friends after drinking at midnight. Most of these kids can't drive well now, it would scare me (should you) to death to think of these same kids on the road.
Lowering the drinking age would not put the Parental aspect back, at 18 most of these KIDS are out on the street already.
Mr. Thompson,
I don't think the people who suggest this are joking. But I'm with you. I don't understand how a lower drinking age would result in fewer risks such as death, etc. It sounds like an accident waiting to happen.
I agree, the drinking age should be lowered to 18. I am 44 years old and grew up when the drinking age was 18. We were responsible then. I am also ex-military, if one can go fight and die for thier country, they should be able to have a drink if they want to. Maybe we should make an exception for military personel.
I completely agree with djnick44. If one can go to war at 18 and die for their country they ought to be able to have a beer at the end of the day. However if you are non military and they do get in trouble with the law because of drinking. Tickets could be issued to where they would have to renew their license and they would have a letter put on license to let sellers of alcohol & liq.know that they can't have it until 21.Plus adding another fine on top of dui or dwi to the list to prohibit driving while drunk.
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