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Updated: 3:04 PM Aug 20, 2008
The Binge Drinking Debate
Presidents of colleges and universities across the country take a stand against binge drinking on college campuses. Posted: 10:02 PM Aug 19, 2008Reporter: Jamie Edmonds Email Address: jamie.edmonds@wilx.com |
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Academics -- the smartest people in the world! How about the laziest people in the world? What they're really saying is, "OOOooooo, it's toooooo hard to teach young people about the problems associated with drinking, so let's just give up and give in." Again, the dummying down of America at the hands of so-called educators. Be reminded that these morons receive their very large salaries, benefits and pensions from us, the taxpayers!
Lower the age?Are they crazy.Raise the age to 25 and maybe some of there stupidity will be out of their system?Crack down on who buys underage people booze.kick out of school the ones in college that choose to do this drinking ect.Don't be responsible for letting kids drink.They party,drive ect.Many turn in alocholics later down the road.Many end up in serious car accidents ect.Rather stupid on anyones part to even think of lowering age.Must have to do with sales and profits in the market.It won't stop them from drinking just add to many problems they don't need.Big profits will be gained by the sellers and get them off the hook for selling to minors if caught.It has nothing to do with age of drinking,just stupidity of thoes allowing it and buying for kids under age.Like smoking,get them hooked then make sales.Drugs included.
lowering the drinking age also brings more alcohol into the high schools, since the 18 year old students can legally purchase booze, they can also leave at lunch, drink and come back to school. They also provide it to their younger friends, which brings binge drinking even further down in age. I think the colleges are focusing on their issues and their unwillingness to enforce the law and not caring about who else this impacts.
Alcohol is just too serious to let people start drinking without parental supervision. In Denmark youth start drink at aged 15 when parents introduce alcohol to them at their confirmation. So binge drinking are never an issue because parents accept drinking and can intervene because the youth drink in their presence. We also have adult supervised bag-parties where youth only can drink from their own tagged bag. Slower drinking means longer partying, because the party is over once the bag is empty. All restrictions only result in secret lives by the teens and introduction to drugs because it is often the same people who provide both alcohol and drugs.
Teen drinking is already PROBLEM in this Nation. Lowering that age standard will only increases the number cases that the law officers are already dealing with, and it's going to put more inoccence people at risk even more. I believe whoever came up with this notion is not really making scense at all.I think some people do not get the idea of going to college. it is not their job to lower the drinking age. but it is their responsibility to educate those students so they can do something productive with their lives after graduating from college. also, i believe that it should be upto those students who are 21- years of age or younger to decide what to do with their lives: continue educating themselves OR DRINK? I already know how crazy it can be sometimes at MSU's campus.So i am glad that the MSU's President decided not to sign the initiative.
I disagree with MADD, if younger people are legally allowed to drink there will be no issues with parties getting "Busted", therefore the problem of drunk people fleeing in vehicles will be eliminated
i agree with the ohio state university president.