Drinking Age?

Do you think it should be raised or lowered? Should it be more enforced or left up to personal responsibility?

It should be lowered to 17 or 18 imo if you can get shipped to war at that age then you should be able to have a drink at that age to people harp on underaged drinking is irresponisble but I know plenty of grown adults well past the legal limit who got DUI's or DWI's and even into horrible accidents because they where drunk driving age shouldnt be a factor when it comes to the consequences of drinking long, hell most European countries allow it at 16.

On Jul 26, 2026, Yoho said:

It should be lowered to 17 or 18 imo if you can get shipped to war at that age then you should be able to have a drink at that age to people harp on underaged drinking is irresponisble but I know plenty of grown adults well past the legal limit who got DUI's or DWI's and even into horrible accidents because they where drunk driving age shouldnt be a factor when it comes to the consequences of drinking long, hell most European countries allow it at 16.

I know when I was in Michigan for several years for work that several of my coworkers talked about how as teenagers of 17-18 years would cross the border into Canada to go drinking for that very reason.

I agree that 21 does seem a tad high for a drinking age when teenagers do it anyway. I am of the same opinion that if you can be deployed to war, purchase a house, etc at 18, you should be allowed to legally consume alcohol.

On Jul 26, 2026, Daedalus said:

I know when I was in Michigan for several years for work that several of my coworkers talked about how as teenagers of 17-18 years would cross the border into Canada to go drinking for that very reason.

I agree that 21 does seem a tad high for a drinking age when teenagers do it anyway. I am of the same opinion that if you can be deployed to war, purchase a house, etc at 18, you should be allowed to legally consume alcohol.

know what's really crazy despite being able to legally drive at 16, 15 in a lot of southern states you can't rent a car until you're 25 so you can be a 24 year old war bound alcoholic who just bought a 12 guage but the draw the line at car rental until you're 25

On Jul 26, 2026, Yoho said:

know what's really crazy despite being able to legally drive at 16, 15 in a lot of southern states you can't rent a car until you're 25 so you can be a 24 year old war bound alcoholic who just bought a 12 guage but the draw the line at car rental until you're 25

That could be state specific though. I think most car rentals are allowed for twenty-one year olds. Most of the arguments for lowering the drinking age falls apart because,

1.) Teenagers will still drink at 18-20 regardless of being allowed to or not.

2.) Other countries allow youths as young as 14 or so to have wine or small volumes of alcohol with dinner.