Debate: 18-20 year allowed to drink?

[Osiris]

This is a very much active debate these days and i believe some states have it in the courts right now, to allow miliatry men to be able to on military bases or something along them lines. It makes sense and i agree, for example, a 18yr is stationed in Iraq, is there for a year, gets hit by roadside bomb and looses a foot, and tries to get a drink, cop gives him ticket for underage drinking then..or u know bartender doesnt allow him to drink, i really do think their needs to be exceptions to it, and i think it can be better controlled on military bases*for those who dont know there are estblashments on military bases*


just a thought..What's your thought on this?

[mrmoby]

Yes, if you are in the military I think they should allow it, anywhere as far as I am concerned, but I realize that causes a whole host of enforcement problems, so deifnitely open to all on base. If you are mature enough to volunteer for service, which is basically putting your life and welfare in jeopardy, by all means, drink up, you are entitiled! And if they reinstitue the draft, and it wouldn't surprise me if they do, I think the drinking age should also roll back to 18.

[osteoporoosi]

In here the age is 18, but you have to be over 20 to buy heavy liquers.

[Pareeeee]

I don't drink - don't believe it's right to at any age

[Damon]

I don't think they should be allowed to drink. The age is 21 for a very good reason. Not saying that all persons 21 and over need to drink either as we all know some people just can't ahndle alcohol. Throwing darts I've been all over the country (Chicago, Las Vegas, New York, Pa, ect...) and see many who always seem to have "1 too many" and its scary sometimes. Joing the millitary was thier choice and even though I'm glad there are people who do the job to keep us safe, its no reason to allow them to drink. Drinking, like driving, is a privelige, not a right.

[blixem]

When I was in the military this was a huge discussion point as well. The Marines were able to drink at 18 if they were on a marine post. None of the other branches allow this. Honestly, it's a toss up for me... although I do understand the 'want' to be able to drink at 19, I remember some of the stupid **************** I did drunk at that age.

[Arlene]

I think if the law says 21 then it should be 21. Anything else leaves room for excuses. The legal age here is 18 but i think it should be 21 as very few 18 year olds are able to handle their drink, also there are a lot of 15-16 year olds who look 18. Ive seen a lot of young teenagers in a right mess after being sold alcahol not a lot of shops here bother to check ID.

[maxpayne_lhp]

We can drink here at any age

[TheOldSalt]

I often hear the argument that people defending our country should be allowed to drink at any age, but it seems to me that those in charge of weapons and our defense should not be allowed to drink at ALL.
Hangovers and full alerts are a bad combination.

[maxpayne_lhp]

Yeah... rite I have no idea aout that. Allow at any page is not good and definitely say NO is a lil too picky.

[Lexus]

Thing is people drink whether its legal or not. same with smoking weed.

[Celeste]

i believe that if your responsible enough to vote for the leaders of our country, and your allowed to fight and die for our country, you should be responsible enough to drink.......

[Lydia]

i think so too

[aquariumfishguy]

My problem with drinking at 18 is that it gives much more chances for high school kids to drink. Most (not all) kids 14-16 do not have many friends who are 21+. Granted, in high school (as a senior) - many of my friends were of legal drinking age. But at least we ourselves couldn't buy the beer for the other younger kids. For this reason, I think the smoking and drinking age should be 19 or 20, to make sure all kids are finished with high school before they can waste away their lives.

[Osiris]

AFG and all, I am not talking about drinking in public, there is no way to really control that. AFG, they may be in high school but can still get shipped off to war lol, i joined my junior year of high school which was like 6yrs ago.



I am talking about military members being able to drink at military establishments, meaning they can't just go anywhere and drink at any bar, it would be on a military base, they have clubs on bases lol.