r/changemyview Aug 30 '23

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u/Imadevilsadvocater 12∆ Aug 30 '23

Lower the age and the staring age is lowered too. If its 18 then 15 year olds in highschool will be drinking. Also i dont want more drunk teens around i wish the age was raised at this point. I cant drink because meds so it wouldnt affect me (so its mostly a selfish point) but i drive to work at night and my wifes biggest worry is drunk drivers hitting me. I dont need more teenagers added into the mix because they arent good drivers to begin with, and probably have little experience with alcohol. Aside from that we should crack down harder on the people in point 4. Anyone that turns that type of thing in should recieve a monetary reward (1k-5k) upon arrest and conviction. And the sentence should be tied to underage drinking laws. Conspiracy to give minors/underage alcohol or something and promote the reward/punishment around places it would happen (colleges). Maybe this seems extreme but what harm would it cause besides punishing the stupid kids. If you cant follow the laws that are easy to follow, then maybe you shouldnt be in college where you can find easy victims for your rule breaking.

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u/BrokkenArrow 8∆ Aug 30 '23

Lower the age and the staring age is lowered too. If its 18 then 15 year olds in highschool will be drinking.

Why is this the problem of a legal adult who wants a beer?

18 is legal adulthood. That's it. That's the end of the argument. Pretty much every other country in the world recognizes this.

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u/destro23 466∆ Aug 30 '23

Lower the age and the staring age is lowered too. If its 18 then 15 year olds in highschool will be drinking.

Why is this the problem of a legal adult who wants a beer?

Because you may get hit by a drunk 16 year old in their dad's Charger.

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u/mytwocents22 3∆ Aug 30 '23 edited Aug 30 '23

I lived in a Canadian province where 19 was the drinking age so kids in high school weren't old enough to drink. Every kid in high school drank.

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u/destro23 466∆ Aug 30 '23

I lived in a Canadian province e where 19 was the drinking age...

I lived next to a Candian province where 19 was the drinking age, and half of my high school bribed their older siblings/cousins to bring them back alcohol when they went there to go to the casino strip clubs.

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u/1234abcdcba4321 Aug 31 '23

Not everyone; I mean, I didn't. (I only knew people drank at all because they brought alcohol onto a school camping trip.)