xNoName Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 So, as I was reading newspaper, my eyes gazed upon something idiotic and unreasonable – Legal drinking age was drawn up to 25, in New Delhi, India. My initial reaction was "Huh, they mad?" I mean, seriously, Wasn't 21 high enough? If they think our mind is developed enough at the age of 18 as to caste vote, then don't they think that our mind is well-developed to choose whether or not to consume alcohol at the age of 18? Seems rather unfair on our part, and stupid on their part. It's completely unfair to expect that one has to wait till 25 years of age to exercise one's freedom of choice regarding one's lifestyle.And hey, this is coming from a guy who has tasted alcohol, even when I'm only 18. I'm not a pro drinker or anything, but I usually consume some during parties and all. Not only me, mostly all of my friends. It's not wrong, in my opinion, as I don't drink that much to loose myself completely, Just a little for taste. When one can vote and drink at 18, marry and have kids at 21, which are far more important decisions, why should the law assume that one is too irresponsible at that age to decide whether or not to drink?Meh, discuss about this. Tell us what's the law in your country, and all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leviathan87 Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 should be 27 in the us. people are stupid when it come to drinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Den Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 The truth of the matter is it doesn't matter, weather you put it at 21 or 16 teens are still going to get drunk. Putting it at such a high age just makes it easier for them because of the trill they get from doing something against the law, so I say put it at sixteen then see what happens!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Talena Mae Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 in Australia the min age is 18, but honestly i think it should be raised. I have seen so many teens coming in with drinking problems that it is not funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 In some parts of India the legal age for drinking is 25 and in some parts it 21. Unfortunately at my place it's 25. Fortunately I never followed rules. In my country there is lot of restrictions on these kinda things. You won't believe me, but even porn and oral sex are prohibited over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 In my country, you can drink alcohol at 16 then purchase it for yourself at 18. They challenge anybody who is possibly as old as 25. However, it's very easy to obtain alcohol weither it is through fake ID, a family member or even an older friend. If there's a will then there is a way. I think they are trying to make it 25 in this country too but I honestly can't see that happening. If it does, most of Scotland would be beyond pissed off about it.And yes, teens will have drinking problems. And smoking problems.And drug problems. However, that has nothing to do with their age.They would have probably had the same issues as even an "adult".Just because they may be older, doesn't mean it wouldn't effect them as greatly.As far as I'm concerned, 18 is the age to which a person should be considered an independent adult.They should have the choice on weither to drink or not by themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 As I've always been told.. if you're old enough to die for your country (join the army, etc...) you should be old enough to legally drink. Despite the age restriction being 21 to drink nearly everyone over the age of 15 has drank at least once. It's perfectly legal for your parents to take you to a bar and as long as they pay for it and the bar tender hands it to them they can then hand you any alcoholic beverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xNoName Posted October 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 People are stupid when it comes to drinking.True, but not all. I specifically hate those people who over-drink so much that they need someone else's help to even walk, let alone drive. In my opinion, it all comes to responsibility. After 18, I guess mostly everyone becomes a bit more responsible than before. If a kid's over-drinking, it's his problem dammit; Why the hell is government interfering?! It's not like that ban prevents kids to buy and drink stuff. If you're responsible and careful enough, then you can have a decent life with alcohol consumption as it's part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zx0 Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 Alcohol has far more harmful effects than many illegal drugs. Either ban alcohol completely or legalise all drugs with less harmful effects. Same goes for smoking.source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11660210 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seirachan Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 Alcohol has far more harmful effects than many illegal drugs. Either ban alcohol completely or legalise all drugs with less harmful effects. Same goes for smoking.source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11660210I don't agree with that lol, The only reason why there are more people getting hurt on Alcohol is because more people drink and abuse it. Luckily a lot of people don't do all those drugs otherwise we would see a lot more people dying from them. another reason why those drugs aren't up there is because they are illegal and they are MUCH harder to find and lot more expensive. So anybody doing them can't even get them as much as they want. Sometimes the drug dealers get killed cause of gang stuff going on then it's gone and there's a different drug on the line.(this happened in my town a lot of body's)The point of the matter is they should never be legalized because they are VERY dangerous to the person doing them. It's worse alcohol, there might be less hurting of other people but it will kill ya faster then alcohol will. People die mostly from stupidity on alcohol or they WAY over did it and got alcohol poisoning which is still stupidity. The reason why alcohol is over used is because a lot of people out there are either depressed and need an out or they just like it. There are a lot of things out there to get addicted to, Sex, Alcohol, Every kind of Drug, Food, ect. I have an addiction problem myself that I am not comfortable with sharing. Most people really don't understand my problem and a lot people miss use the term addiction. Addiction is a pain, it is a need and a want. If you don't get it, it hurts. It's a hard thing to fight. People don't understand that I can be in physical pain over my addiction, and I'm going off topicshould be 27 in the us. people are stupid when it come to drinking. The higher you put the age, the more people can't wait to drink and we end up with even more alcoholics. In my Province the age is 19, which I totally agree with. It's after high school so it wont affect studies and grades. If people wanna do it in collage that's their problem. But kids still do it in high school, I drank after I dropped out. There wasn't much to drinking and I can't get used to the taste, it all tastes so bad I can't drink enough to get drunk. I got buzzed off of coolers once but that's it. I found myself needing to pee really bad cause I had to drink so much to just get buzzed lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Ferocia Coutura Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 My belief is that in the U.S., the age should be 18. Reason being, if your old enough to die fighting for your country, you should be old enough to buy a dang beer.This said, I hate beer. It smells funky!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmingllama Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 I would say that 19 is a good age for drinking. Though it is silly that in many places you can vote before you can drink... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vespalyn Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 I was listening to this topic on a christian radio station a while back. DJ was talking about church kids growing up in a sheltered home, and how they go off to college on their own having all these new experiences available to them not knowing how to handle themselves with things like alcohol. Since they've never had it, they tend to get so wasted not knowing their tolerance and end up suffering harder than they have to. On the positive side, it has a chance to convince them to stay away from it after having such a pitiful memory of consumption.In response, he suggested responsible adults allowing their children to try an extremely minute amount of alcohol or wine at a very young age under their supervision, around 8 or so, once a year and gradually increasing the amount or volume every year or two, but not allowing them to just drink it to get drunk and to teach them the classy etiquette of drinking. I don't think its that terrible of an idea myself, but if this was practiced in America... I don't even want to think about the outcome with all these "responsible adults". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zx0 Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 I don't agree with that lol, The only reason why there are more people getting hurt on Alcohol is because more people drink and abuse it. Luckily a lot of people don't do all those drugs otherwise we would see a lot more people dying from them. another reason why those drugs aren't up there is because they are illegal and they are MUCH harder to find and lot more expensive. So anybody doing them can't even get them as much as they want. Sometimes the drug dealers get killed cause of gang stuff going on then it's gone and there's a different drug on the line.(this happened in my town a lot of body's)The point of the matter is they should never be legalized because they are VERY dangerous to the person doing them. It's worse alcohol, there might be less hurting of other people but it will kill ya faster then alcohol will. People die mostly from stupidity on alcohol or they WAY over did it and got alcohol poisoning which is still stupidity. The reason why alcohol is over used is because a lot of people out there are either depressed and need an out or they just like it. You have not understood the graph correctly. Heroin, crack and meth are far more dangerous to the user. However alcohol damages society more than any other drug. It causes depression, suicide, aggressive behaviour (beating family, getting into fights), accidents. Alcohol abuse is also a huge drain on healthcare. The only reason alcohol and tobacco are not banned is the massive income governments make from tax, and they are popular. If alcohol was a new drug just released it would be banned instantly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmingllama Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 In some places in Europe for example, there is no drinking age and as such, people are more responsible about drinking and alcohol is less of a problem since they were brought up with it. However, drinking can also be harmful for youth. So do you think that governments should impose a drinking age? And what should that age be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyguysteve Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 im against alcohol just in general. i support the idea of controlled drinking ages. i say 25+ or 30+.but as seen time and time again people abuse such privileges. most commonly in recent years its been the young folks in america, thats been recorded. from articles i've read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Mute point Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 The drinking age is often ignored, and the penalties for violating it are not nearly severe enough to force people into listening to them. I think that it should be the same as the age of majority, when you're legally an adult. In the case of the U.S. That would be 18. I also think that the penalties for underage drinking should be much worse, so that people will be more likely to listen to what the law says. I don't know what that penalty would be, but there should also be provisions based on where they do the drinking. In your own home with your parents is one thing, on the side of the road with your idiot friends is completely different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
† Ferocia Coutura Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 I agree with Mutey, as usual!! IMO, if you are old enough to fight for your country, you are damn well old enough to drink a friggin' Bud Light!!!But that is my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolockit Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 It's fine at 21 in my opinion. Why? Because regardless of the fact that people completely disregard it, present company included (me), it's led to less accidents. I can go look for statistics and what not, but the idea of it being against the law to drink, has drastically reduced the number of college students who drink and drive. And I have seen a couple of accidents as an EMT. It's not pretty seeing a kid in their youth a couple of yards away from a broken windshield, as a bloody mess.Sent from my DROID2 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 It's fine at 21 in my opinion. Why? Because regardless of the fact that people completely disregard it, present company included (me), it's led to less accidents. I can go look for statistics and what not, but the idea of it being against the law to drink, has drastically reduced the number of college students who drink and drive. And I have seen a couple of accidents as an EMT. It's not pretty seeing a kid in their youth a couple of yards away from a broken windshield, as a bloody mess.I agree with this, although my stance has always been 'if you're old enough to die for your country you should be old enough to drink'. I don't think the drinking age needs to be lowered as for the reasons you've mentioned (I know entirely way too many underage drinkers who drink and drive), but rather perhaps raise the age to register for the military to that of 21 to compensate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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