Raise age for buying alcohol 21, say doctors

tune1shade

Ugh. Well, I should note that it was a combination of pot and a couple of shots which, I didn't know at the time, my body just can't handle.

But some of my friends have had the same experience, which leads me to believe that it's just not a good combo.

Pot makes it really difficult for me to form sentences. It makes me feel a little stupid. For that reason, I really don't smoke anymore (I never smoked much in the first place... maybe once a month or so, but still).

DJRose

This girl who grew up across the street from me gets a brief mention in this article. 17-year-old Maegen Brady, there she is in the picture, green shirt. Her Mom would be so proud.

recordwolf57

QUOTE (DJRose @ Sep 18 2007, 02:51 PM)

This girl who grew up across the street from me gets a brief mention in this article. 17-year-old Maegen Brady, there she is in the picture, green shirt. Her Mom would be so proud.

Just what every mother longs to say: "Yes, that's my 17-year-old daughter in the picture, mixing a heavy Vodka and cranberry. We're thinking of hiring her for our next New Year's bash..."

DJRose

QUOTE (sprocket @ Sep 19 2007, 09:51 PM)

Just what every mother longs to say: "Yes, that's my 17-year-old daughter in the picture, mixing a heavy Vodka and cranberry. We're thinking of hiring her for our next New Year's bash..."

Sprocksie! We missed you!

(it was only water, not REALLY vodka)

Unknown

in england, looks like its going to be (more)illigal to drink in an anti social way in england..


by the way of making your parents go to court


well done parliment....well done..

target35ghost

Boris Johnson, the moron that was somehow elected as London Mayor, is looking to raise the age at which you can buy alcohol in London to 21. Everywhere else in the country will retain the age limit of 18, except London which will be increased (just as I turn 18, might I add with just a touch of bitterness).

Before I go on, this is the man we are dealing with:


If you were to transcribe a single interview answer of his, it would go something like this:
Interviewer: How do you intend to encourage young people in London to seek employment?
Boris the Buffoon: I, well, um, ah, yes, *clears throat*, yes, ah, well, I, uh, would, err, have to, erm, ah, um, *clears throat again*, I'd, uh, look into the facts, and, err, see... um, see what happens.

Seriously. He's also just employed Lily Allen (I'm being deadly serious) as chief adviser on youth violence and knife crime in London. Lily Allen. And he recently banned drinking alcohol on the tube and buses, which inadvertently alerted everyone to the little known fact that it was up until that point legal, which spurred hundreds of parties on the tube involving binge drinking and antisocial behavior, the very think he was trying to stop.

The man is an idiot, and he's proving it further by changing drinking laws in the capital.
I swear, if this stops me from getting into clubs, bars and pubs, there will be hell to pay.

Unknown

boris is to polatics what brendon benson is to music


pretty pointless..



how will raising the age to 21 stop anything?

those who are under age binge drinking will still do it, with even more drive to do it now as its triple naughty, like trying to put an Q down in scrabble without a U, its hard to do and pretty much pointless in the long run..

moveadvice72

I realize I am a bit late in entering this discussion, but I have something to contribute. My mother is an addict. I knew her until I was 6 years old, and then she lost visitation rights, so I grew up without a mother, not because of drugs or alcohol, but because she had a biological predisposition to forming an abusive relationship with alcohol and drugs. She is diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, and she was molested as a child. (I don't mean to be vulgar, but I really want you to understand this.) My mother had all the makings of an addict, and if drugs hadn't been at least a little bit difficult to get a hold of, she might have died before I was born, and I wouldn't be alive. I suppose you could argue survival of the fittest - that people who carry unfavorable genes, who are unable to control their usage of drugs or alcohol - would just die out. My gene pool is probably not the best of our species. But legalizing all drugs, even if they are regulated, would kill a lot of people. Whether their lives are worth protecting is something to bring up with Darwin.