[austrian]

Why not make the drinking age 14 and really introduce safe drinking at an earlier age?

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we have drinking age 16. this means in some bars the usuall guest is about 13 or 14 . and don´t forget the daily reports of about 11 years old kids who have to be taken to hospital because of drinking. it´s not that perfekt.

[Holicheese]

I agree. Some college Presidents have suggested lowering the drinking age to 18 to make it more like europe where drinking is not as big a deal. Well, as you say, that is not always true.
Also, when the drinking age was 18, in most bars, pretty girls got in at 15 and 16.