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Underage Drinking For Active Duty Military?
There's been buzz among lawmakers in regards to lowering the drinking age limit for active duty military personnel. It's been proposed that these people are young enough to shoot guns, serve and die for the U.S., so why not let them drink legally? However, organizations like M.A.D.D. consider this to be a very bad idea. These individuals are just not mature enough to think logically when they get behind the wheel after a few drinks.
In the past few years lawmakers in states such as Wisconsin and South Carolina have been pushing for laws that allow active duty military under 21 to drink. Even groups on social networking websites have been collecting signatures so that they can get a measure on the ballot to lower the drinking age limit. |
On some military bases like Camp Pendleton near San Diego, marines are already allowed to drink when they're on base. However, some business owners and residents have already noticed that there more problems with drunk driving in the area of Oceanside. Although military personnel can drink on base, once they step off military property they're subject to the 21 age limit law.
Of course, no matter what drinking laws there are, people are going to find a way to buy and drink alcohol. Where there's a will, there's a way, right? I've witnessed teenagers pay people over 21 to buy them a drink. If you live in a city like San Diego which is close to the Mexico border, you'll see thousands of young people heading down to the bars in Mexico to drink.
The bottom line is, it's all about the maturity level of young adults who are given the opportunity to drink. It's up to them to take responsibility and learn the consequences of their actions. Perhaps if there was better education and harsher penalties for those who break the drinking laws, younger people would take drinking and driving more seriously.
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