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Drinking Age Going Up to 21 ?
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Does anyone know if the drinking age in England is going up to 21?
I've heard loads of rumours about it and I will actually be gutted if it's true - I've only just turned 18 !
If so, when is it going to happen and WHY ?!
Thanks
I've heard loads of rumours about it and I will actually be gutted if it's true - I've only just turned 18 !
If so, when is it going to happen and WHY ?!
Thanks
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Yeah the smoking age is 18 now
It drives me mad, considering I used to get ID'd when it was still 16 anyway. I used to just jingle my car keys at them and they'd let it slide but that doesn't work anymore obviously!
I'm 19 for gods sake though I do keep forgetting and sound really suspicious when they ask my age ... "I'm eightee... no NINETEEN!"
EDIT; On topic, I've heard the rumours too and I'd probably cry, no idea if its true or not.
Buying ciggies has gone up to 18 but you can still smoke them under that.
I dont really care if the drinking age goes up or seeing as I'm over 21 now so it wouldnt affect me.
No smokers in the pub, soon no Chavs. Sounds like time for a night out
I'd so got over going out and getting completely drunk by the age of 18 when i could legally drink which is surely no bad thing - hum who knows.
But...what will 18-20 year olds do at the weekend if they can't get into pubs or clubs? It would be really sad for them! I think by that age you are old enough to go out like adults - you certainly want to!
Or me!
Seriously tho, they wont do it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6953031.stm
Which was due to comments by Chief Constable of Cheshire Peter Fahy during the investigation in the murder of Garry Newlove.
However, my understanding is there are no plans to actually increase the drinking age from the government.
I remember reading the arguments of one of the main people in support of this with one of the reasons being; "There is too much drinking in the 13 - 15 age group." How the FUCK is raising the age going to stop that? It's not like 13 year olds were walking into shops and passing for 18.
Think it's daft though. It's 21 in America, and I saw people over there of 22 and 23, getting as paralytic as I used to when I first started drinking, that's just a bit embarrassing!
you could cook your own....
Also, what would be the point of raising it up to 21? Lord knows we've got that in the states and it hasn't seemed to do us any good. It doesn't stop folks from drinking, all it does is force minors to find someone who is of age and get them to buy massive amounts of booze.
In my usual thursday and saturday night out venues theyd be lookinjg at a loss of what 80-90% of people.
And I'd cry too since I just turned 18 in October making what I've been doing since 16 legal :yippe:
Another group which would be more than likely to protest about such changes would be university students, of course...
The drug laws are totally unenforceable but they are still there - But then drug dealers dont really have the lobbying power of the alcohol companies.