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***** · 15-06-2008, 03:27 PM

I think it'll make things worse... the more forbidden, the more people want it.

They should make teens try alcochol much younger in a normal place (like at home with parents) so that they get raised with a sense of knowing what it is ...
Ok I can't really put into words what I mean :) but here the drinking age is 16 . But it's not hard to get an alcocholic drink at a younger age. We get raised with it. At home we got to try it at parties with parents (I can't even remember the first time I had a sip of alcochol, I was young anyway...). I'm not saying young people don't go out and get wasted here... but not so much as in some places... It's really more of social thing than "hey, let's drink until we fall down"...

If this makes any sense :)

15-06-2008, 03:27 PM	#3
***** die in the summertime Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Belgium I am currently:	I think it'll make things worse... the more forbidden, the more people want it. They should make teens try alcochol much younger in a normal place (like at home with parents) so that they get raised with a sense of knowing what it is ... Ok I can't really put into words what I mean :) but here the drinking age is 16 . But it's not hard to get an alcocholic drink at a younger age. We get raised with it. At home we got to try it at parties with parents (I can't even remember the first time I had a sip of alcochol, I was young anyway...). I'm not saying young people don't go out and get wasted here... but not so much as in some places... It's really more of social thing than "hey, let's drink until we fall down"... If this makes any sense :)
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