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Legal drinking age in Wisconsin is 21. I've mixed feelings about it. I was the last year that was able to drink at 18 and really feel that 18-year-olds ought to be mature enough to drink. On the other hand there are so many examples of asshat binge drinking and the glorification of near-death-inducing levels of alcohol intoxication that it's almost hard to support that opinion.
The most telling statistic on the drinking age is the drastic drop in drinking related deaths in the 16 & 17-year-olds. It seems that a lot more 16-year-olds know 18-year-olds than they do 21-year-olds.
I feel bad, in a way, that my duaghter won't be able to drink (legally) until she's 21. I feel worse that where alcohol is concerned the general behavior of young adults (and nopt-so-young adults) is so insanely stupid that it's necessary to have the drinking age is 21.
Legal drinking age in Wisconsin is 21. I've mixed feelings about it. I was the last year that was able to drink at 18 and really feel that 18-year-olds ought to be mature enough to drink. On the other hand there are so many examples of asshat binge drinking and the glorification of near-death-inducing levels of alcohol intoxication that it's almost hard to support that opinion.
The most telling statistic on the drinking age is the drastic drop in drinking related deaths in the 16 & 17-year-olds. It seems that a lot more 16-year-olds know 18-year-olds than they do 21-year-olds.
I feel bad, in a way, that my duaghter won't be able to drink (legally) until she's 21. I feel worse that where alcohol is concerned the general behavior of young adults (and nopt-so-young adults) is so insanely stupid that it's necessary to have the drinking age is 21.
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Date: 2010-04-30 11:38 pm (UTC)From:This. Legal age here (Ireland) is 18, poor me. I'm kinda torn over whether or not it should be changed; there are some really mature and really stupid people in all age groups. Might be better just to keep the peace =)
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Date: 2010-05-01 03:17 am (UTC)From:To
I can understand it interfering with high school, that is why I prefer 19 as a compromise.
The biggest problem with prohibition is you get the "Rubber band" effect of people going gonzo on the formally forbidden. Teaching moderation is the key. My parents let me take a sip of thier beer when I was a teenager, and never made a big deal about drinking because they practiced moderation. To this day I only have gotten drunk enough to be legally impaired maybe 3 times, and all those times I never drove