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Originally Posted by Undertoad
America has a culture of binge drinking and it is somewhat due to "forbidden fruit" due to the age 21 limit putting all kinds of additional psychological layers on it. Raising it to 25 will increase, not decrease the problem.
People must be free to make their own choices, even if they are poor choices.
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I've read studies supporting that idea. It makes sense. This article explains that theory in greater length:
http://www.indiana.edu/~engs/articles/fruit.html
Decriminalization can do much to change the ideas of youth culture. Let's make getting a library card or going to a bookstore illegal until age 21. Those kids might fall all over themselves getting the forbidden books!