Legal Drinking Age

[Greenmad]

I think they need to stop blaming everything on the younger kids.
Most of the trouble makers I see getting drunk and starting fights are 30+

But seriously when have laws like this ever worked? I was in playing pokies and betting on horses when I was 14

Well in brissy its people aged between 12 and 21 that walk the streets drunk looking for fights and trouble, You only have to walk though queen st mall at night to see that, i dont know what its like in other states, The older people are in the clubs and pubs having a good time, Its the ones that are refused entry into places that go stupid

 

[blackthorn]

Whilst saving money is good and all, at the age we are at now socializing is a big things our teen lives, and unfortunately pubs/clubs is where most hang out and meet, im one who will save what i can but it is not a big issue you for, i wanna be able to say in the future i lived my life up i didn't be a drone just working and not going out, some of my best ever nights have been the partying.

Plus people and drunk dont always equal problems.

Does thisa include people who have beer in the fridge all the time who might have one at dinner? is that wasting money? or should we drink from the tap because its cheaper and give up soft drink to?

Fair enough, I'm not saying that what I choose to do is everyone's cup of tea, most teens wouldn't even think about what I'm doing. I guess I'm just trying to make life a bit easier for myself later on. I would hate to have a great house and family and all that and want to retire but weren't able to because of a massive mortgage and car repayments. By the time I'm 30 I'm hoping to have paid off the mortgage I have now, which will relieve a bit of financial stress later on.

I just think about things differently, or maybe I have an overactive conscience, if I went out and spent $100 on drinks at a club, I would have a little voice in the back of my head pointing out what else I could have put that towards, and it would get worse the more I spent. I also don't seem to crave the socialising that a lot of people do, I'm quite content not going to parties or clubs.

I don't think having a few in the fridge and drinking occassionally is a waste of money. But I do think that going out several nights a week, getting smashed and spending hundreds of dollars is a waste of money. It's a bit of a trade off really, though it is possible to have fun and great memories without drinking.

 

[Londos1990]

Police patrols around clubs and pubs are not that that great either, maybe they should set up a police site for people to report problem areas drunks hang out at and add some patrols to those areas?

 

[redbellybite]

AWWW LOOK to save all the hassles...MAKE IT 41 ..that way I can still go out ..enjoy a few socials ..but am usually tucked in bed by 10pm ...so no drama's of street fighting etc ...

 

[Australis]

Seems to work in America.

 

[pythons73]

IMO i think 18year old sare too young to drink,especially as most young boys seem to think their Graig Lowndes are can drive like total ....heads,and when they have a drink or 3 the problem only gets worse.Either way it doesnt matter how old you need to be to drink, if someone wants to drink they will.My only concern is alot of young males in particalar drink and drive,in which innocent people-kids get killed or injured.It also happens to alot older people,BUT if you see the common age when theres a accident involving drinking,then you will understand,as the common age is 17-21years old that have more accidents involving alcohol....thats my 2cents...MARK

 

[Kersten]

You get idiots at any age. You get people unable to hold their liquor at any age. The only reason I can see for having a minimum legal age and bothering to impose it are the physical aspects. Such as the damage these chemicals cause in the developing brain and other organs. At least with a little more maturity there's the slightest chance that people might control their drinking. Yeah okay, so that's really not gonna happen either....hmm....what the hell, get rid of the legal minimum, they're going to drink anyway :shock:

 

[Prinze]

Seems to work in America.

Yeah I doubt that since they sell liquor in corner stores, supermarkets, convenience stores.
I bet the statistics would beg to differ

 

[Australis]

Yeah I doubt that since they sell liquor in corner stores, supermarkets, convenience stores.
I bet the statistics would beg to differ

Then show some stats.

 

[Dipcdame]

They dont sell alcohol over here in south aus other than in hotels, pubs and liquor stores, we still have the same problems as you do interstate!

 

[Prinze]

Then show some stats.

So you honestly think that availability plays no part in it?

 

[Londos1990]

Seems to work in America.

Why dont we all carry guns like americans aswell?
Maybe then we can have drunken shoot outs, might get rid of drink driving?

Your kidding...

 

[Ersatz]

Having recently turned 18, I figured I actually drink less now than I did when I was under 18, not that it was very often anyway, but it was occassionally when at parties etc, and it was more the thrill of doing something I actually wasn't supposed to be doing, you know teenage rebellious ****. But that was while I was still at school, and tiny **** like that made us feel good. But once I started working alot of things changed, and I found I matured more working than I did in all my years of schooling..

Now I find myself looking forward to having a cold beer after work, or going to the pub for a few drinks with my good mates and watching sport, or just chatting and catching up.

I don't have a problem with the drink-driving thing, only because I only have a motorbike license, and I catch a taxi for convienience, not needing to carry a helmet etc.

 

[Londos1990]

So will this law come in ??????????????

 

[schizmz]

its a good law...we have no initiation for our youth..atm the day you turn 18..heres your car keys.. the pubs over there.happy birthday have fun..then wonder why so many young people die on the roads..in some parts of the u.s.a you get your licence at 15..thats 6 yrs till you can hit the pubs.. sounds like a much better plan.

 

[blakehose]

I'm only 4 months shy of 18 and I can't say that the bumped up drinking age would bother me. Though compared to most of the others my age, i'm not big on the alcohol, I prefer to ride my bike for hundreds of kilometers at a time... If the legal driving age was to go up though, I would be absolutely fuming to say the least

 

[Londos1990]

well im nineteen now so it wouldnt effect me so much, im lucky as all pubs and clubs are across the road, so i dont ever have the urge or the reason to ever drink drive, as for downing the driving age that will never happen with all these scientist studying the brain development, and saying it aint developed enough till 19, hence why they want teens on the L's till 19.....

 

[Snakeluvver2]

They have been talking of this law for years and years
It will never come in.
The amount of money that will be lost is too much
Most of the alcohol is advertised at young people.
IMO

If the law by some chance comes in
Nothing will happen but the massive lose of money
Anyone can alcohol just a matter of picking up your phone
I started drinking when i was 12
now im 18 I'm kinda glad too, cause i've learnt a lot of the dumb crap that it can cause
When i go out to clubs and such its all the older people acting up
Same thing at schoolies
Its the toolies that screw everything up
Its just completely aimed at teens

I went to schoolies last year
Every fight that I saw
was some 24 old guy going at another 24 bloke
Like someone said before
You will get idiots in any age group

this is just a publicity stunt by politics to gather popularity with the older generation in my eyes

This law is joke
When they increased the price in premixes
which are predominately aimed at young females
They just got more straight spirits and mixed themselves
Ending up with stronger more harmfull drinks

 

[Snakeluvver2]

also i think we may have become to do safe as a society and this is a backlash of it
I cant watch the news now without some story telling me that apples now cause cancer

 

[Londos1990]

They have been talking of this law for years and years
It will never come in.
The amount of money that will be lost is too much
Most of the alcohol is advertised at young people.
IMO

If the law by some chance comes in
Nothing will happen but the massive lose of money
Anyone can alcohol just a matter of picking up your phone
I started drinking when i was 12
now im 18 I'm kinda glad too, cause i've learnt a lot of the dumb crap that it can cause
When i go out to clubs and such its all the older people acting up
Same thing at schoolies
Its the toolies that screw everything up
Its just completely aimed at teens

I went to schoolies last year
Every fight that I saw
was some 24 old guy going at another 24 bloke
Like someone said before
You will get idiots in any age group

this is just a publicity stunt by politics to gather popularity with the older generation in my eyes

This law is joke
When they increased the price in premixes
which are predominately aimed at young females
They just got more straight spirits and mixed themselves
Ending up with stronger more harmfull drinks

Not bad, well said...