{"id":196,"date":"2009-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/communitynews\/2009\/10\/what-should-the-drinking-age-b.html"},"modified":"2009-10-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T00:00:00","slug":"what-should-the-drinking-age-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/communitynews\/2009\/10\/what-should-the-drinking-age-b.html","title":{"rendered":"What Should the Drinking Age Be?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When does the age of personal responsiblity actually start, or is it different with each individual person? Along with adulthood comes loads of responsiblity, including that of drinking alcohol. Lately there has been talk of making the legal age to consume alcohol lower than 21. What do you think?<\/a>
\nOther Beliefnet community members are offering their thoughts:
\nTmarie64 thinks, “At 16 we can drive. At 18 we can go to battle and die for our country…Drinking age should be 18.”
\nDreamweever2 shares that, “It’s my feeling that when something is not denied to any certain group, it’s less likely to have the same appeal.”
\nGive your ideas!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When does the age of personal responsiblity actually start, or is it different with each individual person? Along with adulthood comes loads of responsiblity, including that of drinking alcohol. Lately there has been talk of making the legal age to consume alcohol lower than 21. What do you think? 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