What a complete bunch of ********. The same kids who are popping pills and exhibiting other anti-social behaviors are also drinking anything and everything that is in Mommy and Daddy's liquor cabinet.
What has pushed American kids to pills and other anti-social behavior is their parents complete and utterly irrational inability to allow their children to have deal with the consequences of their poor choices. I guarantee you if these kids had had their butts dusted more when they were little, instead of being "reasoned" with and getting "time outs" that were cut short because they were being good for 30 seconds instead of the 5 minutes Mommy told them time out was gonna be, they would NOT be acting the way they are now as young adults.
Jeez ... WTF is wrong with people?!?!?
The Feds don't; the States do. The Feds just tell the States that it would be in their best interests to set it at 21.
And it's legal to start driving at 16 here with some states as low as 14 without a licensed adult. Most countries are 18 and some are 21.
I'm not against someone giving the kid a drink at 18 or even 16 as long as it stays at home and they are with their parents or other adult responsible for their safe being. But other than that I could care less if the age to purchase was not available until after college. I really truly think that we shouldn't allow an inexperienced driver to also be inebriated in any way so what do we do, let them get some skills and brains in their heads before they can drink or let them drink like a fish and not drive till they can handle their drinking habits?
It's hard to say what to do, the real answer is parents who teach their children right from wrong as BadgeBunny has already stated. Until that point do we give a hormonal wreck a one to two ton killing machine or some alcohol or both at the same time and see how well it works out?
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