Underage Drinking

[Nirv]

Just alcohol nothing to do with smoking drugs etc. Your thoughts anyway, I would post mine but not from a wii.

[Mainy]

its wrong and u shouldnt do it unless like supervised or at christmas or sumin but going out to clubs at like 16 and getting in ur asking for trouble

its worse for girls thow i think cause they get into places like this get drunk and some older guy takes advantage underage drinking is a result of more problems than just alcholism and failing organs

and people wonder why teenage pregnancy is increasing thats ur answer in my opinion

and the male point of veiw is they r just gonna get into fight with guys who will beat them up cause well they r older

underage drinking is for people who cant handle the peer pressure so do it so they will look cool which is just retarded if ur "friends" only like cause u drink then some friends they are

so yeah i think its wrong

[Miselius]

Personally I don't think that you magically become a lot of smarter when you turn 18 (or if you are in some fag place 20 or 21). So those who can handle it can do it if they want, those who can't shouldn't and even after they could legally buy alcohol.

As for myself I don't really drink and after I turn 18 I don't think I'll drink much even then.

[Zaboozer]

When I turned 18 drinking became a lot different, not in a bad way exactly, but underage drinking was a lot of fun! I kind of enjoyed the risk and the sneaking about trying to get alcohol at the weekend, going camping and weird places to get drunk instead of just the fucking pub as i do now. Its about experimenting and finding your limits, gaining life experiences, making mistakes when you are at the age where you allowed to and learning from them. If you go out to pubs and clubs once your at a legal age and havnt the foggiest how much you can drink or the drinking culture, your gunna get into more trouble if you ask me.

[tickyhead]

There have actually been some studies that reported on how alcohol affects your brain--namely that a lot of alcoholic drinks kill certain cells in your brain that you need, and which have absolutely no way of defending themselves against alcohol, up until the age of...guess what, 18 to 21. So, from a scientific standpoint, underage drinking is essentially making stupid people more stupid.

From a moral standpoint, though, I have the same view on it as I do drugs; if you want to mess up your body that's fine with you, but don't expect me to join in. People who can't at least do so responsibly don't deserve it, and that's the point where I either intervene or, should they refuse to listen, block them out of my life. Being in college I know a lot of people who drink before they're legal, and the ones that are responsible about it are just fine.

To be honest I'm not one for alcohol anyway, even though it'll be legal for me to drink in a matter of months. I don't like the way it tastes, and I have no reason to get drunk. So even when it is okay, I'm still probably going to be the DD.

[Zella]

I think it depends on the person and how they treat alchohol. I know many people who treat alchohol like it's a way of rebelling against their parents. Or to try and act cool. I do also think it is also a role for the parent to talk to the kids about alchohol. My father has always had the belief that if we know our limits and understand what kinds of alchohol can screw us up quickly it a little underage drinking is fine. As long as the people knwo their limits and don't abuse drinking imo it's fine.