Legal Drinking Age

Bones · 08-22-2005, 08:45 AM

A person is old enough at 18 years old to go fight a war and possibly die in it. So I believe they are also old enough to drink a beer if they chose to. The legal drinking age of 21 is a type of prohibition against a select group of adults who can do anything else adults are permitted to do. Except consume alcohol. I found this article very interesting. But that is probably because it supported the view on the subject I already had.
http://www.dailylush.com/archives/co...nking_age.html

MD Willington · 08-22-2005, 09:35 AM

18 year olds in the military can drink.

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This law is also codified in DoD Instruction 1015.10, which states:

The minimum drinking age on a DoD installation located in a State (including the District of Columbia) shall be consistent with the age established by the law of that State as the State minimum drinking age. Minimum drinking age means the minimum age established for persons who may purchase, possess, or consume alcoholic beverages.

21 years of age in this case

In the case of a DoD installation located in more than one State or in one State but within 50 miles of another State or Mexico or Canada, the minimum drinking age on that DoD installation shall be the lowest applicable age of the State in which the DoD installation is located or the State or jurisdiction of Mexico or Canada that is within 50 miles of such DoD installation.

The minimum drinking age on a DoD installation located outside the United States shall be 18 years of age. Higher minimum drinking age will be based on international treaties and agreements and on the local situation as determined by the local installation commander.

The commander of a DoD installation may waive the above requirements, if such commander determines that the exemption is justified by special circumstances. Special circumstances are those infrequent, non-routine military occasions when an entire unit, as a group, marks at a military installation a uniquely military occasion such as the conclusion of arduous military duty or the anniversary of the establishment of a military service or organization. The event must be held on a military installation. The commander shall ensure that appropriate controls are in place to prevent endangering Military Service members or the surrounding community.

With the majority of US military personnel based abroad, they are of legal drinking age, of course when you are stationed in countries where alcohol is forbidden, no one gets to drink or they must do so out of site and not get shit faced.

lilmamma · 08-22-2005, 10:50 AM

i belive i heard it is 21 becouse that is the age when your body is developed enough to handel the alcohol...

BOONEY · 08-22-2005, 12:24 PM

well over here you can drink at the age of 18, smoke at the age of 16, have legal sex at the age of 16 and get married at the age of 16 with parental permission, so in my view you can contract cancer / have kids / get hitched but through all that, you can't drink, and you can join the army at 16 also.

lilmamma · 08-22-2005, 01:33 PM

you can get hitched here too well in ky at 16 with parental permission i know from expersiance

SSgt Shak · 08-22-2005, 01:45 PM

wow... ya...we have enuf truble with young airman.. i think the age sould come down as well... but give the stats for DUI/DWI every year:

According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2004, 16,694 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes - an average of one almost every half-hour. These deaths constituted approximately 39 percent of the 42,636 total traffic fatalities.

This is a two percent decrease from 2003, when 17,105 people were killed in alcohol-related traffic crashes, representing 40 percent of the 42,884 people killed in all traffic crashes.

I don't see how any one would lower the age when people can't control them selfs now and you want to drop it to 18 to add more stupid kids to the equation? HUM NO

Sorry I was under age when I came in to the service and I did my fair share of drinking in the dorms. If you can't fig out how I feel about this post I'll give you a clue.

My friend that was 19 at the time she died to a guy that had been out drinking....then he took his truck out on an ice road in the middle of winter. My friend on the way to the coffie shop to see friends and talk about an up coming trip. Lost her life when she was hit by the drunk driver. What pissed me off more... this was the drunk drivers 4th DWI/DUI. And you think we should drop the age. Ya, the age will come down when every one stops been a dumb shit and grows up and takes responsiblity for there actions and proventing getting people killed.

Bones · 08-22-2005, 02:30 PM

My point was that 18-20 year olds. Not just the ones in the Military. Have every right of being an adult except being able to drink. If they are adults they should be able to. And hopefully they do drink responsibly. If not. Then they will pay the same punishment as everyone else for it.

MD Willington · 08-22-2005, 02:54 PM

Restrictive age leads to binge drinking as soon as people hit 21, they do not learn how to have a few beers with their friends, it turns out all or none...hence they get shit faced and do extremely stupid things like kill people, wake up with 5 guys running a train on them in a dorm room, or staring in a tittie video.

SSgt Shak · 08-22-2005, 02:57 PM

True...have to give you that.

jacobfie · 08-22-2005, 03:55 PM

Well It Makes No Difference What The Drinking Age Is- Underage Drinking Will Always Happen, Anyone From The Age Of About 14 And Above Can Get Alcohol If They Want It- The Drinking Age In NZ Is 18 But I Could Walk Into A Liquor Store And Buy Alcohol At The Age Of 15- My Friends Used To Pay Me To Get Them Booze, Anyone Can Get Alcohol If They Want It, So The Drinking Age Is Not Important At All

08-22-2005, 08:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
Bones When I walk nakid, my nuts swing in the breeze Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,242	Legal Drinking Age A person is old enough at 18 years old to go fight a war and possibly die in it. So I believe they are also old enough to drink a beer if they chose to. The legal drinking age of 21 is a type of prohibition against a select group of adults who can do anything else adults are permitted to do. Except consume alcohol. I found this article very interesting. But that is probably because it supported the view on the subject I already had. http://www.dailylush.com/archives/co...nking_age.html __________________ At some point in everyones life they fall down Alice's rabbit hole.

08-22-2005, 10:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
lilmamma Elder Monkey Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,090	i belive i heard it is 21 becouse that is the age when your body is developed enough to handel the alcohol... __________________ One saggy boob said to the other saggy boob: "If we don't get some support soon, people will think we're nuts."

08-22-2005, 01:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
lilmamma Elder Monkey Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,090	you can get hitched here too well in ky at 16 with parental permission i know from expersiance __________________ One saggy boob said to the other saggy boob: "If we don't get some support soon, people will think we're nuts."

08-22-2005, 02:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
Bones When I walk nakid, my nuts swing in the breeze Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,242	My point was that 18-20 year olds. Not just the ones in the Military. Have every right of being an adult except being able to drink. If they are adults they should be able to. And hopefully they do drink responsibly. If not. Then they will pay the same punishment as everyone else for it. __________________ At some point in everyones life they fall down Alice's rabbit hole.

08-22-2005, 02:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
MD Willington Elder Monkey Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,959	Restrictive age leads to binge drinking as soon as people hit 21, they do not learn how to have a few beers with their friends, it turns out all or none...hence they get shit faced and do extremely stupid things like kill people, wake up with 5 guys running a train on them in a dorm room, or staring in a tittie video. __________________ America is not at war. The US Military is at war. America is at the mall. Magnesium Citrate - The Navy Seal Hell-Week of laxatives.

08-22-2005, 12:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
BOONEY Matty's Buddy Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 293	well over here you can drink at the age of 18, smoke at the age of 16, have legal sex at the age of 16 and get married at the age of 16 with parental permission, so in my view you can contract cancer / have kids / get hitched but through all that, you can't drink, and you can join the army at 16 also.

08-22-2005, 01:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
SSgt Shak Great White Dope Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 657	wow... ya...we have enuf truble with young airman.. i think the age sould come down as well... but give the stats for DUI/DWI every year: According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2004, 16,694 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes - an average of one almost every half-hour. These deaths constituted approximately 39 percent of the 42,636 total traffic fatalities. This is a two percent decrease from 2003, when 17,105 people were killed in alcohol-related traffic crashes, representing 40 percent of the 42,884 people killed in all traffic crashes. I don't see how any one would lower the age when people can't control them selfs now and you want to drop it to 18 to add more stupid kids to the equation? HUM NO Sorry I was under age when I came in to the service and I did my fair share of drinking in the dorms. If you can't fig out how I feel about this post I'll give you a clue. My friend that was 19 at the time she died to a guy that had been out drinking....then he took his truck out on an ice road in the middle of winter. My friend on the way to the coffie shop to see friends and talk about an up coming trip. Lost her life when she was hit by the drunk driver. What pissed me off more... this was the drunk drivers 4th DWI/DUI. And you think we should drop the age. Ya, the age will come down when every one stops been a dumb shit and grows up and takes responsiblity for there actions and proventing getting people killed.

08-22-2005, 02:57 PM	#9 (permalink)
SSgt Shak Great White Dope Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 657	True...have to give you that.

08-22-2005, 03:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
jacobfie 70's Coke Fiend Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 390	Well It Makes No Difference What The Drinking Age Is- Underage Drinking Will Always Happen, Anyone From The Age Of About 14 And Above Can Get Alcohol If They Want It- The Drinking Age In NZ Is 18 But I Could Walk Into A Liquor Store And Buy Alcohol At The Age Of 15- My Friends Used To Pay Me To Get Them Booze, Anyone Can Get Alcohol If They Want It, So The Drinking Age Is Not Important At All __________________ MTW's Long Lost New Zealand Member

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