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HERE WE ARE AGAIN AT THE CROSSROADS DEBATING THE DRINKING AGE IN TEXAS. THE DRINKING AGE IN THE 70"S WAS 21. THAT WAS REPEALED BY THE LEGISTATURE AND LOWERED TO 18. LATER IT WAS RAISED TO 19 AND FINALLY BACK TO 21. WE HAVE LIVED WITH IT AT 21 FOR OVER 20 YEARS NOW AND IT HAS NOT SLOWED MINORS IN POSSESSION. FROM THE READING I HAVE DONE ON THE SUBJECT IN TEXAS LAW, THERE IS A MOVEMENT AMONG NOT ONLY MANY UNIVERSITIES ,BUT ALSO MANY OTHER INTERRESTED GROUPS. THEY HAVE THIS AS AN ARGUMENT: THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE YOUNGER KIDS DRIVING DRUNK IT IS OLDER AGE PEOPLE, THEY SEEM TO SAY THAT YOUNG TEENS DO NOT GET UNDER THE WHEEL AS OFTEN WHILE DRINKING AS MORE MATURE YOUN MEN AND WOMEN DO. ANOTHER COMOLAINT IS A MAN OR WOMAN CAN GIVE THEIR LIFE FOR THEIR COUNTRY BUT CAN'T BUY BEER. THIS IS A HOT SUBJECT. I SYMPATHIZE WITH THE SENTIMENT BUT I DONT FEEL 18 YEAR OLS ,DRINKING ARE AS RESPONSIBLE AS A 21 YEAR OLD. I MAY BE WRONG BUT THAT GIVES THE YOUNG ADULT 3 MORE YEARS TO MATURE. I CAN SEE IF WE WERE TO LOWER IT TO 20 AND TRY THAT SEEING AS HOW ALL STATISTICS SHOW THAT THEY CAN AND DO GET THE ALCHOHOL ANYWAY. IF THEY ARE DRINKING ANYWAY AS MOST OF US KNOW EVEN IF YOU KNOW OF FRATERNITY AND SORITY PARTIES; ALCHHOL IS EASY FOR YOUN PEOPLE TO GET AND THEY DO. THIS IS A GOOD ONE TO SPEND SOME TIME THINKING ABOUT , AS THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR NEARS CHRIS RYAN

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