Why is the legal drinking age 21 in the U.S.?

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

You can go die in a war or be a pornstar but you can't drink at 18. Yeah, makes total sense.

[Computer]

If it upsets you protest the legal age to join military and be a porn star.

Because the US had a very bad drunk driving problem among 18-21.

Because the human organs are still developing 18-21.

"Teens get drunk twice as fast as adults, but have more trouble knowing when to stop. Teens naturally overdo it and binge more often than adults. Enforcing the legal drinking age of 21 reduces traffic crashes protects young people's maturing brains, and keeps young people safer overall." -Mothers against drunk driving

[L1qu1dator]

Gamer の投稿を引用：

If it upsets you protest the legal age to join military and be a porn star.

[RRW359]

Gamer の投稿を引用：

If it upsets you protest the legal age to join military and be a porn star.

Because the US had a very bad drunk driving problem among 18-21.

Because the human organs are still developing 18-21.

"Teens get drunk twice as fast as adults, but have more trouble knowing when to stop. Teens naturally overdo it and binge more often than adults. Enforcing the legal drinking age of 21 reduces traffic crashes protects young people's maturing brains, and keeps young people safer overall." -Mothers against drunk driving

What does drunk driving have to do with the fact that if a State lets anyone buy alcohol under 21, licence or not, they lost 8-10% of their road budget?

I don't drink and am over 21 but as someone without a licence this sounds like a lose-lose. In exchange for not being able to drink until 21 I get to have more places built into roads then otherwise which are illegal for me to use. Not to mention all the noise pollution, CO2, actual pollution, and induced demand all as a "reward" for my State keeping the drinking age at 21.

[xDDD]

RRW359 の投稿を引用：

Gamer の投稿を引用：

If it upsets you protest the legal age to join military and be a porn star.

Because the US had a very bad drunk driving problem among 18-21.

Because the human organs are still developing 18-21.

"Teens get drunk twice as fast as adults, but have more trouble knowing when to stop. Teens naturally overdo it and binge more often than adults. Enforcing the legal drinking age of 21 reduces traffic crashes protects young people's maturing brains, and keeps young people safer overall." -Mothers against drunk driving

What does drunk driving have to do with the fact that if a State lets anyone buy alcohol under 21, licence or not, they lost 8-10% of their road budget?

I don't drink and am over 21 but as someone without a licence this sounds like a lose-lose. In exchange for not being able to drink until 21 I get to have more places built into roads then otherwise which are illegal for me to use. Not to mention all the noise pollution, CO2, actual pollution, and induced demand all as a "reward" for my State keeping the drinking age at 21.

What are you even trying to say lol
Roads bad?

[RRW359]

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RRW359 の投稿を引用：

What does drunk driving have to do with the fact that if a State lets anyone buy alcohol under 21, licence or not, they lost 8-10% of their road budget?

I don't drink and am over 21 but as someone without a licence this sounds like a lose-lose. In exchange for not being able to drink until 21 I get to have more places built into roads then otherwise which are illegal for me to use. Not to mention all the noise pollution, CO2, actual pollution, and induced demand all as a "reward" for my State keeping the drinking age at 21.

What are you even trying to say lol
Roads bad?

Yes generally unless fully funded by road users.

[ChickenTacos]

Human alcohol (poison) consumption should be illegal because it causes all sorts of problems. For example: fill in the blank.

[ChickenTacos]

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[RRW359]

ChickenTacos の投稿を引用：

Human alcohol (poison) consumption should be illegal because it causes all sorts of problems. For example: fill in the blank.

We tried that, didn't work so well.

[Funky Monk]

Cuz why not

[Funky Monk]

ChickenTacos の投稿を引用：

Human alcohol (poison) consumption should be illegal because it causes all sorts of problems. For example: fill in the blank.

Yeah, remind me what happened when that happened last time

[Grendalcat]

RRW359 の投稿を引用：

ChickenTacos の投稿を引用：

Human alcohol (poison) consumption should be illegal because it causes all sorts of problems. For example: fill in the blank.

We tried that, didn't work so well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Note the bootlegging and crime section.

[Q-T_3.14.exe]

In my country if you are old enough to go to the military you are old enough to get drunk legally.

[De Hollandse Ezel]

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BlackDragon875 の投稿を引用：

You can go die in a war or be a pornstar but you can't drink at 18. Yeah, makes total sense.

Alcohol is actually extremely bad, we've just normalised it. Alcohol is pretty much up there with heroine etc, why you think boomers are retarded?

boomers (meaning people born between 1945 and 1956
(years can vary.. it's the end of ww2 to the end of rationiong /stamps in european nations..)

are actually quite rational..

it's the recent generation..with their woke/lgbtq/trans/ etc nonsense that has gone totally bonkers..

alcohol is NOT extremely bad.
-> to a human brain (in dead braincells) 1 joint does about as much damage as 10 times comadrinking (Drinking so much alcohol you go out)

-> in addiction rating (fysical adiction) alcohol has hardly any.. it does not release hormons like the opiod harddrugs...

alcohol naturally excists in small amounts in plenty of food items.. and your body is used to handle it..

ofcourse LARGE dosis of alchol do damage..

but upto halve a glass of wine a day it's actually healthy for you.
(due fermented drinks also producing healthy stuff and the mild damage to your liver by very small amounts of alchol, forces it to rejuvenate.. ofcourse the keyword is here very small amounts...)
-> distilling removes these healthy stuff.. so distilled has a negative effect on the health earlier.

keep your alchol consumptioon below 2 glasses in any 24 hour time.. and below 3 glasses in any 168 (7 day) window of time.. and you won't have any negative effects.

**the defenition for being an alcholic is : if you drink more than 2 glasses in 24 hour, or consume any alchol more than 2 days in a week.

don't be an alcoholic and you be fine..

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there is NO fysical adiction in alchol.. sure it is abused.. but so can most food stuff...

weed does damage even from the first little bit
so do all the other drugs.
and they permanently mess up your brain chemistry drom the first dose..

alchol does not damage the brain structure.. it CAN kill of braincells.. if you get intoxicated or druk... and killing off enough that ofcourse causes issues..
but drugs weed, opiods.. and such.. alter the connections between neurons.. as such even when drugs effect haas wore off your brain makeup has been altered forever.
drugs alter the wiring of your brain AND kill braincells.. always.
alchol CAN kill braincells.. but does not haave to if consumed moderately, and never alters the wiring.

alchol on a developing brain.. does more damage.. but again.. in proportion.
feutus is very small.. as such even very little alchol is a lot for them.. hence no alchol in pregnancy..
-> you can see unborn baby go into a spasm attack.. when the pregnant woman drinks simply 1 glass..

but again AMOUNTS matter..
if you deny kids till 12 any alchol.
and from 13yo.. you will allow them perhaps 2 glasses of very low (0.5-2%) alchol.. like low alchol beer, or cidar, or champagne.. just occationally like at christmas, easter, new years eve, or at weddings.. 1 small glass.. and never outside those settings.
that won't mess them up..

and as they grow older.. say 15 or 16.. alowing them once or twice a year to have a "real" beer aka one with 4.5% alchol.. or a small glass of wine with 10% still only at special days... and only 1 glass..
that still won't harm them..

what I would keep far away from them.. is all those sweet mixdrinks where you don't taste the alchol in.. and liqor at a whole I would limit to 18yo +

at 18yo+ I would be ok with people drinking all things including 60% licors..
but I would just demand people stayed always at a promilage low enough to be allowed to drive..

raising the drinking age.. aint going to suddenly turn abusers into responsible drinkers..
but those sweet mixdrinks we should perhaps bar from the market.
and perhaps we should monitor how much people buy...
if you go out to buy a box of 20 bottles of beer each weekend.. I'd say you should be denied to buy that much... as those are not normal amounts to consume each week even as adult.

[Dom]

No one should be drinking alcohol because it is harmful to not only you but to people around you. Drinking contributes to a huge percentage of active cop duties; you're looking at assaults, threats and unrest caused by drunk people in massive numbers. The damage greatly outweighs the "benefits" from drinking.

It's not in any way comparable to posting intimate pictures which is just entertainment.

[Vault Hunter 101]

Dom の投稿を引用：

No one should be drinking alcohol because it is harmful to not only you but to people around you. Drinking contributes to a huge percentage of active cop duties; you're looking at assaults, threats and unrest caused by drunk people in massive numbers. The damage greatly outweighs the "benefits" from drinking.

It's not in any way comparable to posting intimate pictures which is just entertainment.

Cheers! I'll drink to that