What would you set the drinking laws at? (legal, highway, death)

[Seahawksfan33]

I'm in the USA where it's set at 21 (I'm 3 days away from being 23, so I'm close to being 2 years over it) and disagree with it being at 18 as much as I disagree with 25. There's just no way that it should happen at 18 with how there are some 18 year old's who still are in High School and would walk onto a High School campus drunk putting the people under 18 at risk (they shouldn't have to deal with drunk individuals as that's not what they're paid to do). Plus 18 years old isn't a kid, but not quite a full adult yet in my opinion.

At the same time, I also don't see what increasing it to 25 would accomplish. There would likely be an increased number of inexperienced drinkers at 25 getting completely drunk after a ridiculously long wait, plus there would likely be more drinking laws getting broken daily than there already are. I think that the earliest that I would legalize Alcohol for would be 20 years old with the latest to argue being 22. What would you set the drinking laws at?

[Stoke]

16 is probably about right... and a lot of kids try drinking long before then anyways.

[Seahawksfan33]

Originally Posted by Stoke

16

That's the same age when people are able to get their drivers license (well 15 and 6 months is).

[Stoke]

Originally Posted by Seahawksfan33

That's the same age when people are able to get their drivers license (well 15 and 6 months is).

I'd much sooner drink a beer with a 16 year old than get in a car with one.

[urbanlife78]

There should be no age restrictions on drinking.

[Quick Enough]

18 for beer and wine. 21 for hard liquor.

If you are old enough to defend your Country, you are old enough to have a drink!

[hawkeye2009]

Originally Posted by Seahawksfan33

I'm in the USA where it's set at 21 (I'm 3 days away from being 23, so I'm close to being 2 years over it) and disagree with it being at 18 as much as I disagree with 25. There's just no way that it should happen at 18 with how there are some 18 year old's who still are in High School and would walk onto a High School campus drunk putting the people under 18 at risk (they shouldn't have to deal with drunk individuals as that's not what they're paid to do). Plus 18 years old isn't a kid, but not quite a full adult yet in my opinion.

At the same time, I also don't see what increasing it to 25 would accomplish. There would likely be an increased number of inexperienced drinkers at 25 getting completely drunk after a ridiculously long wait, plus there would likely be more drinking laws getting broken daily than there already are. I think that the earliest that I would legalize Alcohol for would be 20 years old with the latest to argue being 22. What would you set the drinking laws at?

I would lower the drinking age to 12 and raise the driving age to 22.

[loose cannon]

If a person is tall enough to see over the bar that person should be served. It should be up to the business owners and also schools could put restrictions in for bars near a school.

[JimRom]

Originally Posted by Quick Enough

18 for beer and wine. 21 for hard liquor.

If you are old enough to defend your Country, you are old enough to have a drink!

This.

We shouldn't tell someone who is eligible to serve in the armed forces and potentially die for their country that they are too young to have a beer.

[Mr. Mon]

The fact that you can legally drive a three ton behemoth death machine down the highway at 70 mph before you can legally drink a beer is all you need to know about the schizophrenic approach we have to adulthood in this country.