• Supermariofan67@programming.dev
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    3 months ago

    This is good. Now do the same with alcohol. You can be forced to die in a war at 18 but can’t drink and enjoy the full rights of an adult citizen.

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        3 months ago

        Nope, no amendment. Just a mafia style deal you can’t refuse. If a state lowers it’s drinking age they lose federal highway funding.

        Come to think of it, I’m surprised one of these radical republican governors hasn’t done it yet.

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          3 months ago

          Ahh, this is that one. Surprised Louisiana hasn’t considering it seems like they always have the worst highway roads.

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      3 months ago

      I immediately thought the same thing, but unfortunately there’s no constitutionally guaranteed right to alcohol.

      Yet.

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        3 months ago

        No. Supposedly they raised the age to 21 because of drunk driving teens, though I’m not sure what effect it had. In my opinion, the better option regardless is to introduce teens to how to use alcohol responsibly and safely, rather than prohibit until it’s too late.

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          It didn’t have an effect, it was never the teenagers doing most of it. When they studied the fall off that happened it turned out that public awareness campaigns were far more effective than bans or punishment.