Bid by College Presidents to Lower the Drinking Age Remains a Long Shot
Binge drinking may be worsening on campus, but the British experience is a cautionary tale
"Put simply," says Mark Bellis, the director of the Center for Public Health at John Moores University, "by the age of 14, most children in the U.K. have drank some alcohol, and they are either learning to drink it from parents in a secure home environment or from peers in a park, bar, or on a street corner."
Reader Comments
Yall are retards
Just lower the damn drinking age to 18 and let us young adults drink our booze please...
^^ who ever is above me ... what do u think no 18 year olds drink... HELLO obviously they do. The resaon 18 year olds are drinking so heavily is because it's illegal and everyone wants what they can't have. So if it was legal at 18 then they would drink less because they would be able to go to bars and have a few beers rather then doing keg stands at house parties where they get very drunk. So, YOU think about it.
In regards to Anna Yee of TX
Funny that the guy who killed your friend wasn't 21 but was drinking nonetheless. Maybe he didn't get the memo that it was illegal.
Your story just goes to prove the point: having the drinking age be 21 does not prevent drinking, it only breeds a culture of irresponsibility.
Perhaps the guy could have called his parents to pick him up if it was legal for him to drink.
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