Cancel 2016.2
The Almighty
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/16/mccardell.lower.drinking.age/index.html
It is time for this archaic rule to be changed. An adult should be defined in the same manner for all situations. If it is 18 for voting, military service, contracts, accountability in court etc... then it should be 18 for drinking as well.
"The principal problem of 2009 is not drunken driving. The principal problem of 2009 is clandestine binge drinking."
" The problem today is different. The problem today is reckless, goal-oriented alcohol consumption that all too often takes place in clandestine locations, where enforcement has proven frustratingly difficult. Alcohol consumption among young adults is not taking place in public places or public view or in the presence of other adults who might help model responsible behavior. But we know it is taking place.
If not in public, then where? The college presidents who signed the Amethyst Initiative know where. It happens in "pre-gaming" sessions in locked dorm rooms where students take multiple shots of hard alcohol in rapid succession, before going to a social event where alcohol is not served. It happens in off-campus apartments beyond college boundaries and thus beyond the presidents' authority; and it happens in remote fields to which young adults must drive. "
It is time for this archaic rule to be changed. An adult should be defined in the same manner for all situations. If it is 18 for voting, military service, contracts, accountability in court etc... then it should be 18 for drinking as well.
"The principal problem of 2009 is not drunken driving. The principal problem of 2009 is clandestine binge drinking."
" The problem today is different. The problem today is reckless, goal-oriented alcohol consumption that all too often takes place in clandestine locations, where enforcement has proven frustratingly difficult. Alcohol consumption among young adults is not taking place in public places or public view or in the presence of other adults who might help model responsible behavior. But we know it is taking place.
If not in public, then where? The college presidents who signed the Amethyst Initiative know where. It happens in "pre-gaming" sessions in locked dorm rooms where students take multiple shots of hard alcohol in rapid succession, before going to a social event where alcohol is not served. It happens in off-campus apartments beyond college boundaries and thus beyond the presidents' authority; and it happens in remote fields to which young adults must drive. "
