College Presidents asking for a lowered drinking age.

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Originally Posted by Daseal

College presidents seek debate on drinking age - Yahoo! News

Pretty interesting. Have to say I agree. You're either an adult at 18 or you aren't. There really aren't many lives saved by the 21 drinking age, the amount of deaths is just delayed by three years. Most people are either responsible when it comes to driving or stupid. Just how it is.

For those of you too lazy to read the article, they basically say that it encourages binge drinking. Interesting debate, I want to see what happens with this. It's not secret that I am a huge opponent to MADD. The idea I support fully, but there's a reason the founder left the organization and say that they've lost their direction.

You aren't.

There is no doubt in my mind that as soon as those 18 year olds hit college they will be drinking...hell they already are, but it's MUCH, MUCH harder. If you loosen that law, the kids will have nothing stopping them from getting drunk at all. They just "left the nest" and will do much worse.
I know the argument is that they are already drinking, and it's true, but there are plenty of people that would love to throw a party but don't due to age restrictions and fewer people are selling to younsters (or buying for youngsters) due to the stiff penalties. Take those away and those 18-20 year olds will abuse it.
Most people that are FOR dropping the drinking age to 18 are people that are under 27.