Feb 29
Vermont tries something sensible?
More than two decades after the country established a uniform drinking age of 21, a nascent movement is afoot to allow 18- to 20-year-olds to legally buy alcohol under some circumstances.
I have to say that I have always found the 21 year drinking age to be anathema to everything that defines the US. Its idiotic, against natural justice and an affront to liberty. You can have sex, marry, die for your country, drive, sign contracts but you can’t have a beer. The entire blackmail thing from DC about raising it to 21 was offensive and should be seen as unconstitutional.
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I hope Vermont goes back to near beer for 18-21. Near beer is great stuff, it is difficult for all but an anemic track star to get drunk on, but it’s a happy little buzz, perfectly appropriate for eighteen year olds getting their sea legs before they seek out stronger waters. Of course, I never got to try near beer, as the drinking age was raised before my time; accordingly, I learned to drink on the high octane stuff—vodka, bourbon and other liquids which a kid can bootleg (a liter of scotch is a lot easier to hide in a car than a case of beer, and is more easily disguised as mouthwash, etc.). Kids need to drink beer (or near beer), not … the other stuff. Let ‘em at it!
Oh, another thing Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine ought to do is seek a federal exemption for home-produced hard cider. It would add to tourism, and if kids are drinking cider (some already are), they may skip the scotch—let alone the heroin. The other day I ate a whole jar of Musselman applesauce that had been lost in my refrigerator since before John Kerry got laughed out of serious contention. WOW. I haven’t been wrecked like that since before Andrew’s wedding.