cooldog23's Blog

It's probably more fun illegal anyways...... The colleges would like to have it legalized to take the liability off of them....... Then everybody on campus would be of legal drinking age and would be far less of a legal issue for them

My husband went to school in NJ. Back in the 70's drinking age was already 18 there. He would sign himself out at lunch and head to the bar to grab a sandwich and a beer!

Anybody under 21 is going to think thats a good idea.

Hey, let's change the driving age to 12 while were at it.

ya must be 18

Stupid! Rediculious! No way is that even close to being a smart idea. Add inexperience on the the roads AND alcohol. yep someone deserves a smack in the back of the head for thinking that was smart. Can we say DuMBA$$?

Until society truly knows what alcohol does to their bodies, 21 year olds and up should not be drinking.

I get tired of reading in the paper all the dui convictions and repeat offenders. A survey would reveal that most dui offenders started drinking before the age of 21.

Yes, we as society need to place stricter laws on underage drinking. Someone in another blog mentioned a $1,000 fine ... yes indeed because Mommy will be paying that fine ... will she be happy then?

Okay lets lower the drinking age to 18 and while we are at it make it a lot harder and a lot more expensive to have a drivers license! I am serious. I agree you are allowed to die for your country, get married and vote so why not be able to drink if you so choose to do. I do not believe that 18 year olds as a whole are responsible enough not to drive after drinking though, so if we make it more difficult to get a drivers license then that may help lower the rate of teenage drunken accidents. Then again with all these kids out there that think that they have to prove to all their thug friends that they are "above" the law and they are untouchable it really doesn't matter if we leave things as they are.

Here we go again with being 18 and being in the Armed Forces, Right to Vote, Right to Drink.
I grew up when the drinking age here was lowered to 18. Although I'm not a drinker and don't do it for social or sport. I found that those who did drink at 18, did at times do it in excess. Thus, the more Holyer and Thou groups in our state mainly Republicans. Pushed for it's repeal to 21. Stating driving safety, less crime, better schools.
What a joke...
Kids still drink at 18 or before, still now today, many still have drunk driving problems, and teaching responablity as to drinking in our society is still not being done.
I'm in favor of MAD, yet we see interest in this group dwindling around the area.
I know I should not say this, but it seems to me to be more the norm around here than the exception, People in St Louis are just plain STUPID...!
They tend to lack any type of commonsense at all.
Drinking at 18 is not the problem. Being responable is.
We, the people in this state are to blame when it comes to teaching our children the Do's and Don'ts, to drinking in our society. Along with teaching them resopnablity.
We must remember, for every action (mistake) their are equal and oppsite actions. Being responable to handle them is just part of being an Adult.
I see too many people in this area not that grown up to handle there actions now days.

I'm 34 and I don't see the problem with it. 18 year olds are going to drink anyway, may as well make it legal instead of having the "minor in possession' stuff when you're 18, and waste courts time. Some adults at age 55 aren't responsible enough to drink so saying 18 year olds aren't responsible isn't an argument. And yes if you are old enough to go to another country and defend our freedom and put your life on the line you're definitely old enough to have a drink at the end of the day and be thankful you're still alive.

Pugman - if the law said I would go to jail for life and I was 18 and wanted to drink, I still would. Consequences are needed of course, but they do not PREVENT anything. They punish after the fact. If you dont want your kids to drink, be an example and talk to them. I did not let my son drink till he was 21 at home or anywhere and when he saw me have a drink or so, he saw a person who stuck to a strick max amount and kept her head and control. He does the same and feels no need to drink to excess like his friends.