Alcohol

Well let's see we have plenty of controversial topics here, but I didn't see one for alcohol surprisingly, unless I am missing something.......

Anyway, my question to all of you is, should the drinking age be lowered? Why or why not?

I saw on the news about a baby at Applebees who got drunk when they accidentally served him a margarita instead of juice. o.o He was saying hi and bye to the wall, and then rested his head on the table. They thought he was just "sleepy." Seriously? How do you serve a toddler a margarita by mistake?

The little kid was also legally drunk. So yeah. I do think the current laws on having to be 21 to drink are fine.

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I heard that story and that was such a horrible incident and I hope Applebee's takes it upon themselves to at least issue an apology.

As for the drinking age, I agree that it should remain 21, but the problem is that people under the age have found ways to cheat the system. Almost everyone has probably drank alcohol before turning the legal age.

tvguy347 wrote:I saw on the news about a baby at Applebees who got drunk when they accidentally served him a margarita instead of juice. o.o He was saying hi and bye to the wall, and then rested his head on the table. They thought he was just "sleepy." Seriously? How do you serve a toddler a margarita by mistake?

The little kid was also legally drunk. So yeah. I do think the current laws on having to be 21 to drink are fine.

Ah yes, I heard about that on CNN the other day. I hope the kids okay. I dont think the drinking age should be lowered cause alcohol can be more dangerous than cigarettes, at least that's what I heard.

Uncle_Dolan wrote:

tvguy347 wrote:I saw on the news about a baby at Applebees who got drunk when they accidentally served him a margarita instead of juice. o.o He was saying hi and bye to the wall, and then rested his head on the table. They thought he was just "sleepy." Seriously? How do you serve a toddler a margarita by mistake?

The little kid was also legally drunk. So yeah. I do think the current laws on having to be 21 to drink are fine.

Ah yes, I heard about that on CNN the other day. I hope the kids okay. I dont think the drinking age should be lowered cause alcohol can be more dangerous than cigarettes, at least that's what I heard.

Funny thing. I just learned in a recent study in class today that cigarettes cause more deaths per year than alcohol. I still agree that the drinking age doesn't need to be lowered.