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Speak Up! - View Question #498 |
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Question: Do you know what states have a drinking age that is under 21? I'm doing a research paper on alcohol and youths.
Answer: There are no states that allow drinking under the age of 21. This is a federal law and not an individual state law.
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On 02/05/04
Ryan from FL said:
Correction: Laws concerning the consumption of alcohol are determined by the states, not the Federal government. The Federal government has influenced the states to inact laws setting the drinking age at 21, but it is not specifically a Federal law.
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On 12/05/03
Wes from FL said:
Response to Melody:
The drinking age should a lot higher thyan 21. How many teens a year die from underage drinking
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On 11/11/03
von Steuben from NY said:
The state laws governing drinking ages for each state are ludicriouslly out of sync with the times. By effectively forcing a drinking age of 21 onto the people, the government only makes alcohol more appealing to the people. Also, most any country in Europe and across the world has a legal drinking age of at least 18, and sometimes even lower, for example the legal drinking age for beer in Germany is 16. And in each of these countries there are less fatal car accidents, comparatively, then in the US. So it is obivious that having a higher drinking age does not stop fatal car accidents, on the
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On 10/09/03
melody from MI said:
Why does the drinking age have to be 21 because i think that eveyone should have a chance and if they mess up then they shouldn't be drinking!! If they can't be responsable then they shouldn't be drinking but if they can handle it then let them go.
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On 12/30/02
Matt from VA said:
Well your comment doesn't hold water for the following reasons:
A) In some states persons aren't an adult until their 21 unless adjudicated so my a court of proper jurisdiction
B) The Federal Government in my opinion used EXTORTION by telling States that if they didn't adopt 21 and .08 that they would lose highway dollars, just no one has had the guts to sue them.
C) Military service isn't compulsory therefore you can't equivocate choice with right, if your given a choice it isn't necessarily reflective with the loss of a separate right.
D) You can vote when your 18, and you can forc
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