Question by estheticcore: Anyone know any sites that prove that lowering the drinking age will reduce the amount of young binge drinking?
Does anyone know any sites that talk about that lowering the drinking age in the U.S will reduce the amount of young people binge drinking?
And Amsterdam has lower deaths and younger binge drinkers b/c drinking is a norm right? < << Anyone know any good articles that talk about that too?
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Answer by Pfo
A website won’t prove that. Information it contains might, but then it would be lying.
The reason why it works in Europe is because it is culturally acceptable. If you lowered the drinking age here, you would encourage even younger drinking. It might be temporary, but it would last at least a generation.
Amsterdam is also a country full of ridiculously rich people. Drinking to get wasted is not as popular as it is here.
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I am sure I could find something.. but.. I AM NOT DOING YOUR REPORT FOR YOU
There’s really three reasons why people drink, well four I guess. 1. Boredem 2. They’re lives are fucked up. 3. Too have a “good time” 4. Something to REBEL against, some teenagers will go to great lengths to buck to system, drinking included… so lower the age, and they wouldn’t have as long to buck the system and maybe wouldn’t become a drunk!.
Not saying you should lower the limit to like, 15 now, but you know, 18 is well suited…. some places have 21, which, in my opinion, is a bit extreme.
You won’t find one since none with proof exist. This whole thing started over some college presidents that did not want the responsibility of policing their campuses. Many years ago beer companies made a lower alcohol beer for sale to 18 year olds. They proved they were not responsible enough to handle it and the DUI rate for that age group soared.