Alcohol in HS

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@Fowora

I wouldnt say give up it on it fully. Do we give up on punishing crimes simply on the premise that people still commit them? No way, there needs to be some standard of morality even if it isn’t fullproof. A man once said he had six theories on how to raise children, then he had 6 children and zero theories. It’s all guess and check sometimes.

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@mini

Laws against murder don’t succeed in deterring all murderers. It doesn’t mean you stop punishing people for it. I think the fact that people chafe about underage drinking laws is proof of their effectiveness, not their lack thereof.

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<p>We don’t give up on punishing crimes because most crimes are illegal because the consequences of allowing them would be unequivocally worse than not allowing them, and moreover because most crimes infringe on others’ rights.</p>

<p>Drinking age laws are an interesting case where not only is it not necessarily clear that the benefits have outweighed the costs, but also the “crime” infringes on no one’s rights other than the drinker’s.</p>

<p>Personally, we could argue the statistics and other things forever; at the end of the day I think the drinking age should be set at the age of legal majority. Don’t think 18 year olds should be able to drink? Raise the age of majority. The contradiction currently enshrined in law is stupid and untenable.</p>