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**Enjoymms** · 08-22-2008, 11:23 PM

The real problem is not the legal drinking age - but your drinking culture.

NZ has a drinking age of 18 currently - it was lowered from 20 about 5 years ago.

The real problem was not 18 year olds getting booze for the first time - they already could get it. The real problem is the binge drinking culture amoungst young people in NZ.

This was suddenly un-ignorable anymore as it was now happening in bars/clubs rather than private homes.

I suspect the same would be true for many parts of the US.

However in many parts of Europe this binge drinking culture does not exist. It quite possibly has to do with the fact that children are given watered down wine with meals, and alcohol is treated as an every day/nothing special kind of thing.

08-22-2008, 11:23 PM	#17
Enjoymms Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 610 Senior Member	The real problem is not the legal drinking age - but your drinking culture. NZ has a drinking age of 18 currently - it was lowered from 20 about 5 years ago. The real problem was not 18 year olds getting booze for the first time - they already could get it. The real problem is the binge drinking culture amoungst young people in NZ. This was suddenly un-ignorable anymore as it was now happening in bars/clubs rather than private homes. I suspect the same would be true for many parts of the US. However in many parts of Europe this binge drinking culture does not exist. It quite possibly has to do with the fact that children are given watered down wine with meals, and alcohol is treated as an every day/nothing special kind of thing.
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