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Personally, I think we should all be like Germans: drink at 16 (get the party out of the system, etc.) and drive at 18.
The problem is the way alcohol + teens are treated. In Europe, it's perfectly okay for a parent to allow their kid a small glass of wine in a restaurant when accompanied. In the US, however, if we hardly let a person under 21 have a sip of wine, we can be in big trouble by restaurant personnel.
Another point: They allow men to go off and fight in a war at 18, but they don't let them drink? Pssshhh...
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