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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 187563" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>The drinking age was 18 when I grew up. I remember sneaking into bars a few times before that and not really getting drunk because I really hate the taste of beer and I couldn't afford mixed drinks. When I turned 18, my friends took me out for my first "legal" drink and there was NO allure there.</p><p></p><p>I did most of my binge drinking in law school (21 - 24) but because I was in NYC, I never drank and drove, didn't even own a car.</p><p></p><p>My own 18 year old does not drink (Aspies often don't unless they have something else co-morbid, I have come to learn) and my 16 year old daughter has refused to attend drinking parties and has called us to get her when they turn into that. In my town, there are no parent supervised drinking parties (at least no parents I know have ever admitted to hosting one), there is a new social host law on the books, but there are plenty of unsupervised parties here and many weekend nights, you hear the ambulances and then learn about yet another case of alcohol poisoning.</p><p></p><p>I like the idea of 19 because it gets out of the issue of having some HS kids who can drink and limits it to those in college or the work force, who are less likely to hang out with HS kids. I also find it bizarre that kids who are not old enough for a beer are dying for our country.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 187563, member: 3493"] The drinking age was 18 when I grew up. I remember sneaking into bars a few times before that and not really getting drunk because I really hate the taste of beer and I couldn't afford mixed drinks. When I turned 18, my friends took me out for my first "legal" drink and there was NO allure there. I did most of my binge drinking in law school (21 - 24) but because I was in NYC, I never drank and drove, didn't even own a car. My own 18 year old does not drink (Aspies often don't unless they have something else co-morbid, I have come to learn) and my 16 year old daughter has refused to attend drinking parties and has called us to get her when they turn into that. In my town, there are no parent supervised drinking parties (at least no parents I know have ever admitted to hosting one), there is a new social host law on the books, but there are plenty of unsupervised parties here and many weekend nights, you hear the ambulances and then learn about yet another case of alcohol poisoning. I like the idea of 19 because it gets out of the issue of having some HS kids who can drink and limits it to those in college or the work force, who are less likely to hang out with HS kids. I also find it bizarre that kids who are not old enough for a beer are dying for our country. [/QUOTE]
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