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Yeti Wrote:If they haven't changed anything since I was in you could drink on base as long as you were in the military. We had some that were only 17, but as long as they were on base they could buy cigs and go to the bars or buy beer in the store. You couldn't buy liquor though. I think if you are a parent with an 18 yr old, you understand that 18 isn't that old.

when i was in ,57-61, you had to be 21 everywhere except new york city where it was 18. i think taht has been raised to 21 now also.

Really? The only bases I can remember where all the same, Ft. Jackson, SC......Ft. Benjamin Harrison,Ft. Knox......as long as you were on base you could buy beer or go to the nco club and drink. I will say this, the beer in the liquor store had a higher alcohol content. We usually had the older guys buy it there, they wouldn't take our fake id's.....Lol.

I guess you probally disagree with an 18 year old drinking now eh Yeti... :S

I live in the UK where the legal drinking age is 18, you hear a lot about binge drinking and young people getting into serious trouble but i think thats a lot to do with the youth culture here. Sure you get 18 year olds acting dangerously, but you get 21 and 25 year olds doing the same things.
When you can vote for who you want in power, drive, die for your country and buy cigarettes i see no reason why you shouldn't also be allowed to consume alcohol.

In england it is 18 ...not a good thing ..most are still much to young and just end up in fights....

Most people can get rifles by 18 and guns are far more dangerous than any sort of alcohol...so I agree, 18 should be the age really.

but the mind of a gunman is not screwed with drink ..

Shawn Wrote:I guess you probally disagree with an 18 year old drinking now eh Yeti... :S

Uh yea, but since it's 21 she is breaking the law!

Dunno what to so about it when they are 18...

Jazz Wrote:I live in the UK where the legal drinking age is 18, you hear a lot about binge drinking and young people getting into serious trouble but i think thats a lot to do with the youth culture here. Sure you get 18 year olds acting dangerously, but you get 21 and 25 year olds doing the same things.
When you can vote for who you want in power, drive, die for your country and buy cigarettes i see no reason why you shouldn't also be allowed to consume alcohol.

Education, education, education. This is not so much about setting the legal drinking age to 18, 19, 20 or 21. It's about educating people to drink with moderation, or if they get drunk, they don't behave in such a way that they would do harm to others like drunk driving, etc. Unfortunately, too many people apparently think that it's 'cool' to get drunk and behave so recklessly. This is the problem.

Unless this problem is addressed, lowing or raising the legal drinking age will not fundamentally made a difference.