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Yup, the good old federal highway funding, the stick that keeps the states in line. Also why we have the absurd and harmful drinking age of 21.
by douche 9y ago
Yup, the good old federal highway funding, the stick that keeps the states in line. Also why we have the absurd and harmful drinking age of 21.
- 24gttghh 9y agoToo low or too high?
- gozur88 9y ago16 would be reasonable. Lower in the company of parents.
- graphitezepp 9y agoFar too high. If I recall correctly there is heaps of evidence that lowering the age decreases alcohol abuse in populations long term.
- edpazu 9y agoAgreed - 21 is absurd. I'd be curious to see the effects of lowering the drinking age (in the US) to 18 for those who graduate from high school (or equivalent). I honestly doubt we'd see a more-than-negligible increase in underage drinking.
- adrianratnapala 9y agoI am guessing 21 was selected as a kind of social quid-pro-quo to get a consensus around repealing prohibition, and after that it stuck. Do any/many states have lower ages?