I believe you have to be 21 to sell alcohol.

 

 

Beer is 18 , liquor is 20 and a day.

Beer is 18 , liquor is 20 and a day.

 

It changes by state. Here in South Carolina you only have to be 18 to serve alcohol, but 21 to be a bartender.

My only complaint with the drinking age being at 21 is the fact that 18 year old kids are able to go overseas and die for our country, but aren't allowed to have an alcoholic beverage.

 

18 year olds are also able to go overseas and drink.

 

I'm a firm believer that if you introduce alcohol to kids early, they are less likely to mishandle alcohol as they're older.

No, the linking age should not be dowered... :creepy:

I'm not in favor of lowering the legal drinking age. Someone check my forehead for fever symptoms - I agree with lbbc on this one.

 

The arguments that tie drinking age to other privileges don't have much merit. Do we really want 19 year-olds operating military equipment with hangovers?

 

And it always seemed to me that the driving age could stand to be raised. It strikes me that there is an extremely high rate of fatal vehicle accidents involving very young drivers for two reasons. They're inexperienced drivers, but also inexperienced drinkers. And this is NOT an argument to LOWER the drinking age so that drinking experience can happen at an earlier age.

 

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/08s1081.xls

Maybe I am just old, but add me to the LBBC and MCpapa side on this one. Never heard of much good coming from lowering the age at which young people can lawfully imbibe dangerous liquids.

Now that I am 22, I honestly don't care what the drinking age limit is. I think it is probably best to keep it right where it is. The brain is still developing in many 18 year olds and in all honestly doesn't binge drinking have the ability to impair that?

Why does 18 work as the drinking age in Europe without problem?

As a 21 year old who really enjoys drinking, and has been doing so for about many many years now I think the age should stay right where it is. People who are under 21 are going to drink if they want to anyways. I believe that if you lowered the drinking age the negatives would outweigh the positives in a landslide.

Why does 18 work as the drinking age in Europe without problem?

I think that the culture here and the culture there in youths couldn't be much more different.

Or we can all just wait for Cuba to open up because they don't even have an age for consumption.

Why does 18 work as the drinking age in Europe without problem?

 

I would say that the culture is different. From conversations I have had with a couple guys from Germany, families start introducing it much younger at dinner and things like that.

 

But don't think that Europeans are angels when it comes to drinking. I am sure they have just as many issues as we do, we just don't hear about it. And I think the reason we don't hear about it is because they don't seem to have as big of a problem with drinking and driving, probably because many don't drive and metros are more available...just an idea though.

I would say that the culture is different. From conversations I have had with a couple guys from Germany, families start introducing it much younger at dinner and things like that.

 

But don't think that Europeans are angels when it comes to drinking. I am sure they have just as many issues as we do, we just don't hear about it. And I think the reason we don't hear about it is because they don't seem to have as big of a problem with drinking and driving, probably because many don't drive and metros are more available...just an idea though.

 

They have a problem with drinking and driving. It's just that their culture and even Christian culture does not view alcohol through the "Temperance League" eyes that ours can.

The reason underage drinking is a problem in this country is so many people tell us NOT to drink alcohol. Lower drinking age regulations obviously work in other countries, it could work here too.

Why does 18 work as the drinking age in Europe without problem?

 

Check the link I have above on this that shows that it does not work as it is believed.