Should the legal drinking age be lowered to 16 in Australia?
You guys can do what you want, but, over here, in the States, I have decades of evidence that 16 year olds have no maturity to begin with, and, as “filthy” says, alcohol kills brain cells, and 16 year olds are not biologically mature enough to start destroying the very thing that is the key to maturity. 18 year olds aren’t mature enough either. If alcohol has to be a part of our culture, then I would want “legal age” to be between 25 – 30 years of age. By then, you have matured more biologically, and psychologically, and have seen more of life, sober, to begin to make more adult decisions on your values and adult lifestyle. When you start killing the very thing that is most used to mature, you’re really tripping yourself up.
