| I think there are persuasive arguments for lowering the drinking age, and one concept I agree with is why people under 21 tend to drink so abusively in the US: it's the forbidden fruit angle. It's forbidden and daring, and so kids aren't just having a glass of wine with dinner, they're getting smashed. It's beyond easy to get alcohol under 21. I'm 24 now- I drank more when I was 18 (although I still had rules for myself- no driving, never on a night when I had classes the next day, not more than once a month, etc). I never had a problem getting alcohol at college. I wasn't really forbidden by my mother to have it either, she often poured a glass of wine for me, and I think that helped in my not seeing it so much as an exciting rebellion. Kids drink for the rebellion and the thrill. Would it be like that if alcohol wasn't portrayed as such a "forbidden fruit" in this country? I'm not saying it should be legal for 14 year olds, lol, but if you're old enough to vote, join the army, get married, own a car or a house...shouldn't you be allowed to have a glass of wine with your meal? And is the fact that it's not legal why kids drinking abusively is the rule instead of the exception? __________________ "I never thought I'd smile or laugh again. But then I looked up and you were there.
And you took my hand, and made me walk right back into the rest of my life."
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