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By: xairboss

xairboss — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:10:44 +0000

Any truth to the rumor that you have to be 21 to drink in Louisiana but you can buy when you are 18? Sounds like a good idea to me. Must be why they have so many drive through Daquari (sp?) places down there.

By: cas

cas — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:14:19 +0000

Way back when, my then home-state of Maryland had the schizophrenic policy that beer and wine, (with a smaller percentage of alcohol), could be purchased by an 18 yr old, but distilled spirits could only be purchased by 21 year olds. They only checked my ID once, when it clearly showed I was 19 (or was it 20?) but sold me the Jack Daniels anyway (hey, it was a birthday present!)

I can’t say I disagree with anyone who objects to laws that would prevent any action of a legal adult (or adults) but it is truly a gray area as to whether or not that applies to all actions taken by adults who are imbibing of their favorite mind-altering substance while say, driving a car. Can you still drive after smoking one joint? How about after taking a large quantity of prescription medications? Also, if the substance can still be detected in your system (urine test?) does that mean you’re still under the influence? Should you be allowed to operate heavy machinery?

I don’t have the answers, but some people prefer not to ask the questions, and just state that all of it should be illegal. Please illustrate to me how the “War on Drugs” has saved more lives than it has wrecked…or wasted a monumental amount of money, as well as spread corruption throughout the world. Can anyone dispute the pharmacological benefits of cannabis to cancer or glaucoma patients? Then why do to feds continue to prosecute people for operating clinics/cubs that dispense it?

By: David M

David M — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:04:31 +0000

Ugh. That workout alone made me reconsider the wisdom of Crossfit as a mode of exercise for me. That and my newly torn rotator cuff too.

By: Humble1390

Humble1390 — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:38:23 +0000

Drinking age has to go. Much like the prohibition on drugs, it’s a law costing inordinate amounts to enforce and breeding large-scale subversion.

I had the good fortune to spend a summer living in Spain (where there was a nominal, yet wholly unenforced drinking age of 16) and it was amazing: everyone seemed to drink all the time. But who were the only ones crashing cars and starting fights? Americans and Brits, who had come from countries with Puritanical drinking ages and had thrown open the proverbial flood gates.

If we lower or eliminate the drinking age, yes, it will be a tough transition. There will be a lot more alco-carnage, at first. Then, the novelty will wear off, the punishments for violations will get stiffer, and the correction will happen.

By: XBradTC

XBradTC — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:04:19 +0000

Skippy, you’re right of course. Those of us on the right would mock whatever choice Obama made. But then again, it was a pretty thin bench to choose form. ‘Course, I consider that a feature, not a bug.

The libertarian in me is for lowering the drinking age, partly as I lived in areas with it. That part of me also supports rescinding Gen. Order #1.
But the practical side of me says the costs would be high, both in terms of domestic carnage by drinking and driving (and can you imagine when Lex has to insure the future drivers in his family?) and the problems that would be encountered in theatre.