<p>Why is drinking alcohol by anyone, let alone those under 25, so important, so valued, so necessary?
It is such a shame that this has become an expected, accepted and misused, entrenched aspect of our culture, that being an adult is defined by whether one can drink alcohol more than one being responsible and mature…</p>
<p>Are the stresses and pressure going up so as to make the relaxation and escapist effects so attractive?
Is affluence and physical comfort taking care of young peoples’ needs such that they are they have to take risks like this to feel actualized?
Are kids so uncomfortable with each other socially in person that they rely on this stuff to feel comfortable with each other, as they spend more and more of their time hyper-socializing (internet, email, Fb, twitter, text)…???</p>
<p>What the heck?</p>