The Drinking Age Is Past Its Prime

[dennishoddy]

Dang Ol timer. Did this take place back in Prohibition or when we was Indian Territory? Lol. Jk.

The memorys are dim, but I remember my dad going to Ks when Ok had prohibition.

On April 7, 1959, Oklahomans went to the polls and contradicted Will Rogers's adage that they would vote "dry as long as they could stagger to the polls." They repealed prohibition and turned back local option. The Liquor Control Act established an Alcohol Control Board (renamed the Alcohol Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission in 1985) that governed the manufacture and sale of alcohol. The legislation did not permit liquor by the drink, and that particular provision remained law until 1984, when the state voted it out.

 

[AKguy1985]

I think it should be 18. If you are old enough to enlist in the military and vote, you should be able to drink too.

 

[Fyrtwuck]

... so what do you think about the drinking age laws?

If people want to be drunks, abusive and kill themselves and others at a younger age, so be it. I'm retired now and could care less.

 

[ChuckC]

I think it should be 18. If you are old enough to enlist in the military and vote, you should be able to drink too.

This ^^^^ is how I see it too.

 

[Old Fart]

I kind of lean towards beer at 18 and nothing else until 21. Give them 3 years of moderate fun before shipping them off to get killed in somebody else's war.