Archive for 31. October 2010

Popielinski (FGCU): The Under-aged Drinking Consequences No One Pays Attention To

Indeed, we all know drinking under aged is “bad”. And if you ask anyone their responses would be as such: “It’s illegal”or “You aren’t old enough to drink responsibly”. Yes, these are true and one can suffer the consequences of legal action against them when you drink under-aged. But what is the reason behind the 21 year old legal drinking age? Is it just a random number? Why can’t it be 18? We can run our young boys off to war but they can’t drink?! Heck, Europe does it so how bout we join in the “if you can see over the bar, you can have one” concept! Sorry kids, but there is a lot of data and science behind the number 21. Read the rest of this entry »

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