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Old 02-07-2009, 6:05 PM   #61
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Re: Alcohol purchase age increase..

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Originally Posted by bowfer View Post
I don't agree with this at all.
I think peer pressure has more to do with drink than anything else.
18YO's are still very immature, pretty much universally, IMO (although they will think they are oh so grown up...)
So peer pressure still comes into it, at 18.
I don't think it does at 21.
21YO's should have moved on from that.
The only reason 21year olds have moved on from all that is because they've been able to drink for the past 3 years and have (mostly) grown out of only going out to get absolutely wasted. Raising the age won't solve anything it will just mean the 21year olds will become today's 18year olds.
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