honestly how many people have done drugs or drinking alcohol underage?
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The funny thing about all these answers is that because THEY do it, they think that most people do too.  But that is not true.  Most of us know that the stoners are losers, but they are too stoned to realize it!
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kids who start drinkin around the age of 15 yrs old r most likely to turn out to be alcoholics. it's not worth it.
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Contrary to popular belief, few states specifically prohibit minors' consumption of alcohol in private settings.\n\nAs of 2005, 15 states do not specifically ban underage consumption and an additional 15 states have family member and/or location exceptions to their underage consumption laws.\nFederal law explictly provides for religious, medical, employment and private club possession exceptions; as of 2005, 31 states have family member and/or location exceptions to their underage possession laws.
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Yes, there absolutely should be. There should also be one for drug convictions. After all, most of the heinous crimes committed lately against children were by people abusing drugs. Some were registered sex offenders and some were not. Joseph P. Smith, a cocaine abuser, was sentenced to death yesterday in Florida for murdering Carlie Brucia. He said he had used heroine and cocaine prior to abducting, sexually assaulting and killing her. He was not a registered sex offender. All of his past (24) convictions were for drugs.\n\nThe sad thing is that drunk drivers and drug abusers have a MUCH higher recidivism rate than sex offenders! So why are we wasting our tax dollars on the wrong people??? \n\nPlease read the U.S. Dept of Justice report that was issued in 2003. It gives you these rates. It blew my mind away. If we want to issue cruel and unusual punishment it MUST be to all criminals, not just one class.\n\nThank You for this great question.\n\nP.S. To the young man who states he is 17 and just got a DUI. You were lucky. It could very well have been consensual sex with your girlfriend while you were drinking and then she cried rape or her parents found out and pressed charges on you. You just really don't know how lucky you are. Many 17 year olds are on the sex offender registries. Check FL, OK, KA, WI, IN, IL and DE to name a few. See how many young people are listed on there for statutory rape among other things that really mean consensual sex. Check ID's of girls BEFORE you get near them. Also check the moral outrage link I have provided so you will know how to protect yourself. There is a link on the home page to the AOC (age of consent) for each state.
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http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/addiction/underage-drinking/main.shtml#facts
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My personal opinion is >>> If you're going to drink, weather you're 15 or 30, do it responsibly, dont drink and drive (I KNOW EVERYONE IS TOLD THIS, BUT ALOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LISTEN), and secondly, someone should know when enough is enough, because alot of women/girl get into horrible situations - oh yeah, and NEVER accept a drink from a "house party" from someone you dont know and trust :o)
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Younger people seem to use earlier than twenty years ago . Now , childhood is short lived for many . Dating sooner , having babies sooner ,etc... I don't believe because you haven't at a certain age you won't / will . Drugs have no care of who allows them in . They don't care who they hurt or kill .They don't care about income , age , race . They just know once they be friend someone , they aren't forgotten ! Even if the user quits the user will remember ! Unless the drug took that piece first !
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drunk-15\nhigh- 15\nsex- 15
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I live in a rural area.  Alcohol is a drug and we have a lot of deaths from drinking and driving in our area....at least 4 or 5 a year involving teens....I lost two classmates within a year of graduation from drinking and driving accidents (seperate accidents)....as far as o.d. on say, heroin, cocaine...etc....none like that....we have a fantastically huge number of deaths from cancer in my area.
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I have actually never been drunk. How about you?\n\nI Think people who get drunk really make jerks of themselves I fuind it funny, and I am totally sober so I remember all the stupid things they do and say. \n\nThe one thing I don't find funny though is drinking and driving, that is very serious!
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I say 18 if you ask me, yeah its still young i guess, but by that time, you should be finishing up H.S and have lived under parents law long enough. Just like you said, you can go fight wars and vote, thats a big responsibility right there. If you old enough to (die) and old enough to vote. then I think the legal age should be 18.. As far as drinking, let be real, if someone under age wants to drink they can get liq, its not that hard..
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there shouldnt be a certain age. instead, people should be taught to think in a rational & realistic manner. this way, such things wont be glamorized & wind up playing into pop cultre as a forbidden fruit. stigma removed, minor indulgences may not be taken seriously leading to decriminalization. legal issues, as everyone (should by now) knows, lead to social paranoias and drain the judicials recources while padding pockets of preditor officials & politicians with the money & property siezed from those accused of aleged crimes. crimes committed while intoxicated are never fault of illicit substances, merely a scapegoat for the irresponsible thus fukn up my rights to pursue alternative recreaton.
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The drinking age is 18 in some places too!\n\nI have not heard of that new law.
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About two million.\n\n(600,000 males above 18 plus women and children.)
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whoa, folks theses are people too. they did they made one unwise decision &are paying dearly for it.they need help. i am so disgusted with the way our nation is handling the war on drugs i `ve got to the point that i feel it should be legalized. people`s gonna do it anyway. what did prohibition show us? alcohol is the WORST drug their is! my father died an old crippled man at52 of course i want the same rights from the police that we have from people drinking.THINK of all the money that could be used in rehabilatation. real education, protecting kids. my stars we`ve got people in the streets. help them, many many people abuse drugs because of mental health - it`s the only way they know to cope with life.we need to help them to get real help.this is what is destroying our country.i also feel that alcohol should be treated with as much seriosness as any other drug.
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Nope, and I don't plan to. I don't want to just be another teen statistic. I refuse to be. I hate it that everyone thinks all teens are drinking, smoking, doing drugs, or having sex. And the media is mostly to blame. So, yeah. Excuse that little rant...I'm 13 about to be 14...
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Ummm....The USA is probabaly the only one that really has one, or actually enforeces it. So a better question would have been, "What coutries do have an age limit on drinking?"