In the headlines over the weekend was a what looks like a mass drugging of mostly female students at a party held by students of Central Washington University. Police were tipped off and arrived to find more than a dozen overdosed students, many passed out on the ground. Authorities suspect foul play:Ya think?
Somewhere along the line, we got the idea that college students are children. That's a bad idea. As horrific as the thought of drugging someone might be, I'd propose that it's even more horrific to legislate that a person who is 18 years old can't legally drink alcohol. It's just another iteration of our nanny-state, who believes that we should be wet-nursed until we're in our grave.
The simple fact of the matter is that college kids are going to consume alcohol. If they can't do it legally, they'll find a way around the law. I'd bet that if these kids were partying in a bar, they'd have been less likely to get a drugged drink. How's that nanny-state working out for you?
When and where I grew up, at 18 you could get beer, liquor was 21. They raised the drinking age to 21 about the time I turned 21 -- to "keep the booze out of high school".
ReplyDeleteObservation of teenagers 30 years later shows that idea didn't work out.