Let me get this straight...

onemoretimewithfeeling:

poortaste:

onemoretimewithfeeling:

chvnx:

antikris:

Get real.  I am 29 and I cant say that I even now know how to enjoy alcohol responsibly.  Do they think lowering the age to 18 will alleviate the binge drinking?!  Realy?!  If you want to do something, legalize the herb.  I cant partake in it because I get drug tested for work but I know if I went on weed binges over booze binges the only thing that would suffer would be my ass due to massive amounts of oreos.  Now I have to look through my text messages morning or afternoon (whenever the fuck I wake up) to recollect what my night consisted of.  The brain cells are dying off and my liver hates my guts.

You can drink in Canada @ 18 years old.  It’s not that 18 is too young, it’s just that Americans are generally idiots about that kind of thing.

How the hell do you guys get drunk off of that piss-water combo you call Beer, anyway?  4%?  LOL!

It’s not 18 all over Canada, apparently some of your provinces are generally idiots aren’t responsible until age 19.

Part of the reason why American’s can’t handle themselves is because our Puritan style laws and society tell us how bad and evil it is for most of our lives, while we watch our older cousins/family/friends partake. When you get your hands on something that is so taboo, you tend to go all out. When you don’t know your personal limits, going all out can mean dropping dead in a ditch or crashing your car into the garage door. Most cultures/countries/people who are exposed to alcohol at an early age have no real desire to binge their livers off.

 Well said, poortaste.

 I’ve had so many conversations with people about this. Practically everywhere else in the world, drinking at a young age is totally acceptable… we’re one of the only countries with such an old drinking age… and… go figure, we’re the ones with the worst binge drinking problem. Do you notice a pattern there? Hmmm… I’m with Poortaste on this one.