Increase the legal drinking age

I agree that the age should be increased - teenagers do not realise the impact alcohol has on their health and brain - when they get older & have health problems they will regret drinking from a young age. It is up to parents & society to protect the next generation.

Regarding today's news about children not being given alcohol until they are at least 15; it's amazing how many results you get if you google the words "liam", "donaldson" and "idiot"!

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Raising the Age will make the problem worse, it is also immoral how can you say that someone is a legal adult at 18 yet cant drink Alcohol untill they are 21 it would be Stupid.
The only Country that tells Adults they cannot Drink is the Neo-Prohibitionist USA and we Brits do not want to go down that hypocritical road.

The Drinking Age in the United Kingdom is 18 and should stay 18.

raising the age is going to make the problem worse, as when minors do manage to get hold of alcohol they will want to binge, make the most of it. If we allow young people to drink, then they won't feel they have to get drunk every time because they don't know when they're next going to be able to drink

Also History has shown very plainly and clearly that "prohibition"of diverse varietys only makes
the original problem worse.

I have to strongly disagree with raising the Legal drinking age from 18 to 21.It takes away from 18,19 and 20 year olds a Basic human right to enjoy a pint or two.Alcoholism is Largely determined by genes.Not the age when alcohol was first taken.

If you raise the drinking age to 21, the currant 18 year olds won't stop drinking, just like the 13-17 year olds find a way to get large amounts of alcohol on a regular basis, all raising the age would do is add 3 more years of people drinking on the streets, which is more violent than pub drinking.

Not to mention the amount of tax the government makes on alcohol

I find the suggesting of imposing age limits on anything (maybe 14 as a maximum) offensive, I've been drinking beer with my dinner, not smoking, and always buying movies I want to watch or games I wish to play regardless of the "age limits" since several years ago.

Now the SNP is trying to increase the age for buying from off licenses and this issue and the larger "youth rights" movement has taken a more important place in my mind.

It is, nothing but discrimination based on age to suggest that the minimum age for purchase of alcohol be increased, the fact I have to carry my ID with me when I'm going shopping reminds me of old war movies where people get asked for their "papers."

That and the general beleif that all "young" people are instantly turned into mindless rage zombies after the 1st drop of alcohol they consume sickens me.

(Large amounts of alcohol make me extremely tired, so I have to admit that i've never had the desire to get blackout drunk.)

(nothing goes with pudding better than a nice fruit beer.)

"wishing the world was slimer and smarter"
what planet do you live on?
the age is 18 and should be kept at 18 so people can drink at their wedding receptions
people who are abusive will be whatever the limit is raised to and children will continue to get drunk because the law isnt enforced properly

omg at 18 your an adult you should be trusted to drink sensibly, rasing the age with just frustate people like me who are nearly 17, we havent done anything wrong, so why should every1 suffer just because of some bad behaviour.

The problem with having a drinking age, is that when you reach it, you feel pressured to go out drinking. I'm 18 and I don't drink, but I have been brought up with, say, wine at dinner, beer in the evening, and honestly, I'd rather drink juice than alcohol.