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15 Feb 07
15 Feb 07
Originally posted by reader1107There is no national legal drinking age in the U.S. The age is set by each state and varies somewhat across the 50. Many states that once permitted all, or some drinking, at 18 or 19 have moved it up to 21.
The legal drinking age in the US is at least 18 or 19.
When I was 19, I could legally drink in Idaho, but was in college in Washington (8 miles from Idaho) where the age was 21. It made me popular among my 18 y.o. friends who paid for my booze and my gas for many runs across the state line. Now, it is 21 in both states.
15 Feb 07
Originally posted by Wulebgrthey probly moved it up because they lose highway funds if they don't.
There is no national legal drinking age in the U.S. The age is set by each state and varies somewhat across the 50. Many states that once permitted all, or some drinking, at 18 or 19 have moved it up to 21.
When I was 19, I could legally drink in Idaho, but was in college in Washington (8 miles from Idaho) where the age was 21. It made me popular among my ...[text shortened]... paid for my booze and my gas for many runs across the state line. Now, it is 21 in both states.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drinking_age
"Financial incentives create de facto federal purchase age of 21.
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Underage purchase of alcohol, though illegal in all fifty states, is not a federal offense, although restrictions on highway funding for states that allow it make it illegal federally de facto. See National Minimum Drinking Age Act and underage drinking in America."
15 Feb 07
Guinness is very good. Certainly belongs in my top 50 ... just about.
These 'laws' concerning drinking age you have in the different US states are simply hypocrytical. Do you personally know many adult drinkers who had their first beer at the legal age? Are there fewer drunk people (or even non-adults) on the US roads than anywhere else?
15 Feb 07
Originally posted by Mephisto2???
Guinness is very good. Certainly belongs in my top 50 ... just about.
These 'laws' concerning drinking age you have in the different US states are simply hypocrytical. Do you personally know many adult drinkers who had their first beer at the legal age? Are there fewer drunk people (or even non-adults) on the US roads than anywhere else?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_under_the_influence
15 Feb 07
Originally posted by zeeblebotAnd what is the point you want to make? I understand that there are laws in most countries against driving under influence, and rightly so. Because you are not just endangering yourself (as in drinking too much alcohol) but also others.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_under_the_influence