I personally find any age-based criteria to be inherently flawed; everyone is their own person and is personally responsible for their actions. No one needs to be officially regulated via laws and mandates for personal choices - it's rather disgusting. If they infringe upon thers, then they should be swiftly punished for their actions - but that happens anyways, right?

That said, children and so on wouldn't know any better, however by puberty plus a year or two young adults have a firm enough grasp of the world to make their own decisions, including that of drugs and alcohol.

In Canada, the drinking age is 18 or 19 in most places, and despite living in a province that's only at 18 for the drinking age, I chose not to drink until I was well into my 18th year.

I find the main problem with alcohol is that too many people often make the alcohol have the fun for them, rather than simply enjoying whatever situation they're in. This is rampant, and I really don't condone that.

That said, I drank over 40 oz of hard alcohol at my 19th birthday party and held it with the best of them, so I'm not afraid to have a good time by any means.

I drink now mainly to enhance the fun I'm already having, and I can take it or leave it with regards to alcohol.

Anyways, just my two coppers.

cheers,
--N

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Yeah right here I've already noticed after my first year in College. So many people are like "My life sucks unless I have a beer in my hand.", even when they are doing shit with their friends.

This is kinda ture the legal drinking age in the UK is 18 and for spain its as low as 16. Most British kids are given alcohol in there early teens often by there Dad or mother for the 1st time when there berteen 12 and 14 this is legal in the uk as long as its in privet and with an adult. the legal driving age is 17

I don't see the harm in underage children dying prematurely from liver disease and other alcohol related illnesses.