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College Presidents Want Lower Drinking Age

Submitted by Craig, Aug 19, 2008 12:22

SRLucado wrote "Let's see...Academics claim that stricter laws against drinking have failed, so they now want to ease up on the restrictions. And their views on stricter laws against gun control would be?" Let's see ...18 year-olds are old enough to go to Iraq and carry guns and get killed. But they are too young to have a beer.


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I am currently a college student in NYC. What many people don't realize is that students are doing FAR more... [MORE]

Anthony 

Sep 28, 2008 20:19

Research has shown the lower the drinking the age the earlier kids start drinking. An important book to read on... [MORE]

Maureen Calmes 

Sep 2, 2008 14:09

18 year olds are already drinking. College Presidents can't figure out how to run a football league - when they... [MORE]

R. Schumacher 

Aug 26, 2008 19:42

Let's just raise the age of joining army to 21, then we can settle this once and for all. [MORE]

J J Jones 

Aug 24, 2008 18:42

If young people can vote, be sent to fight wars and be prosecuted in our legal system as an adult,... [MORE]

blackbird21 

Aug 23, 2008 13:14

We can send 18 year olds off to foreign lands to potentially die. We can by cigarettes which are going... [MORE]

trevor 

Aug 20, 2008 17:41

The alcohol that is being consumed on college campuses is hard liquor, not beer. Students are "pre-gaming" before they go... [MORE]

Kim 

Aug 20, 2008 08:35

Maybe they should tie it to high school graduation. Proof of age 18 and proof of high school graduation and... [MORE]

benji 

Aug 19, 2008 23:25

This is another one of those laws like segregation, women's voting, etc. that's just silly and outdated. Of course we'll... [MORE]

Sweet Nectar 

Aug 19, 2008 14:59

MADD should run shuttles to and from parties if they want to discourage drunk driving. When drinking is punished, it... [MORE]

Joel 

Aug 19, 2008 14:11

I have three boys in their early 20s. Here is what I have told them about drinking (we never let... [MORE]

ray 

Aug 19, 2008 14:09

By lowering the age, you have more young people having their first alcohol experiences while still living at home, under... [MORE]

Branden Mann 

Aug 19, 2008 13:19

SRLucado wrote "Let's see...Academics claim that stricter laws against drinking have failed, so they now want to ease up on...

Craig 

Aug 19, 2008 12:22

There is no evidence to support Mothers Against Drunk Driving's claim that allowing 18, 19 and 20-year old adults to... [MORE]

Walter F. WOuk 

Aug 19, 2008 10:34

I think a consideration for college administrators is revenue. Back in the early 80s when the drinking age was lower... [MORE]

Mattsky 

Aug 19, 2008 09:22

Let's see...Academics claim that stricter laws against drinking have failed, so they now want to ease up on the restrictions.... [MORE]

SRLucado 

Aug 19, 2008 09:11

May make sense to lower legal age a service establishments but not package stores. [MORE]

edh 

Aug 18, 2008 22:20

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