America’s Drinking Age Makes No Sense - The Jim Jefferies Show
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- Alcohol is killing young people in the United States, and one reason for that may be that the drinking age is too high.
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Went in to the Army at 18 but had to leave the country to drink, crazy. They wanted me to kill people but thought I was too immature to have a beer. Makes no sense.
My friend is 18 and going into the military. Imo that shouldn't even be legal. He's too young for that shit
We have conscription (exclusively for men, sadly) and the drinking age is the same as your duty starts, 18.
I've been drinking beer on a daily basis since I was nine, so the first 'legal' beer wasn't really all that amazing.
Besides, isn't the age of 18 the perfect age to enlist in the army (where applicable), since the whole ordeal sucks more the older you are to enlist. We only practice defensive warfare, since there's absolutely no reason for us to attack anyone, so there's not so much tension of whether you'll be shipped out to fight wars no-one wanted in the first place.
Stop lying about killing when you know your ass was In supply lol
Amen. Get Some.
Edward Sanchez/ well I was an mp but never was in combat BUT they didnt spend all that money on me to not use me if the balloon went up. The Russians didnt take Italy while I was on duty.
It's like strip clubs in Alabama, you can be 18 to dance naked but 21 to get in. WTF!
I'm from NY and recently I was lowkey stranded in Times Square and spent the rest of my money at a concert. I kept going to ATM's and they were all broken. I realized there was a strip club/gentleman's club nearby so I decided to use their ATM. I went into the vestibule and asked to use it and the bouncer was so taken aback- I'm a tiny 17-year-old girl and he's probably used to frat guys and middle-aged men with failing marriages.
Long story short they didn't have an ATM. Worst strip club ever. 0/10 would not recommend.
@@notsafeformiranda4271 You think it's bright to use an ATM at a dive bar? You have to be careful where you put your debit cards.
@@4Everlast Yes it is and some people will misuse it and become addicted. But they're a minority. Some people over eat and abuse food. Some people pass their driving test but then drive like a maniac. There will always be people who over do something. The answer isn't banning it or restricting it for the vast majority of people who don't go too far. Prohibiting something makes it attractive. Especially to younger people. And of all countries the US should know all about that. It's ridiculous in the US you can own a gun, have sex, work in porn, go to war, buy a house, basically be an adult at 18 but you can't buy some beers or a bottle of whiskey. I also find it ludicrous that in some states there are counties where the main industry is producing whisky but it's illegal to buy or sell alcohol.
If you create an situation where people feel they have to sneak off and drink behind closed doors you have an environment where things can get out of hand. I'm not American but have been there several times. I'm older than 21 and definitely look it. I was staggered to be ID checked buying alcohol when it's obvious I'm old enough. I've never been ID checked once in my own country. Weirdly though when I was buying cigarettes in the US, there was no ID check, which out of the two is more harmful and addictive. If you want to treat people as an adult at 18 let them drink.
Dino Sabalić yes and keeping it illegal makes it more dangerous. Didn’t you listen to what Jim said? We should be teaching young people to enjoy it responsibly. Just like prohibition and our current drug war, people will get into dangerous situations to use it anyway. Wouldn’t you rather teach your kids how to responsibly drink instead of some frat boys at a university?
Funky Monkey1886 yes, as an American I can say we don’t have our priorities straight whatsoever.
Germany: wine and beer at 16, hard liquor at 18. You work your way up, basically.
You get 2 years to prepare for the real work, seems fair!
New Zealand: drink when you want we dont care
mst TSAUCE yeah nah I still get ID’d at 25 years old in NZ, but when I was in Germany at 18 they never even asked at any store or pub
albusfr when me and the boys were 15 we went on a week long school trip to luxemburg, and we all went to a bar with teachers where we couldnt drink alcohol so we just sneaked away from the group and got wasted in a bar a block away
In a German bar you can Drink everything with 14 If your parents allows it.
Age old saying: “If you’re old enough hold a rifle and kill a man for your government, you’re old enough to drink away the PTSD.”
That's sadly what most British soldiers do US soldiers are statistically more likely to speak to a psychiatrist or Chaplin British stoicism still exists
@@sammccormack3791 yep a friend of mine came back from Iraq and overdosed on ketamin and alcohol shortly afterwards. I guess he was trying to ease the pain / trauma and went too far ._.
@@Luculencia wow bruh that's.... I'm sorry for your lost
Very good fucking point
Sam McCormack a lot more US veterans than you’d think are using medical marijuana instead of alcohol. ~1/3 of customers at my dispensary are vets.
The U.S. is so backwards on so many issues. It is frightening.
@really dude not even close...
@really dude Only if you don't know shit about history.
It's a good way to "be" (feel) the best, I guess, ignoring everything that came before. Or maybe you're just that stupid IDK...
@@assassindelasaucisse.4039, ignoring everything that came before? The consensus is that the US is the most powerful country to have ever existed to date. Doesn't mean that more powerful countries can't exist in the future, but to date, the US is the most powerful country to ever exist.
So instead of spewing that typical crap about "if you ignore history" you should actually know what you're talking about
@@peaveyst7, yeah...they're spot on. The US is a the most powerful country to exist to date and that is a fact
@@jaywalker_4629 you do know that UK was known as the kingdom where the sun never sets right?...I wonder why 🤔🤔....I also wonder how English became such a global language 🤔
I know15 year old alcoholics that have no problem getting alcohol. All an age limit does is criminalize kids in need of help
This is true for all sorts of things guns, drugs...
I don't think it should be legal unless given to by a parent, but it shouldn't be criminalized- if they have a problem they should be given support, therapy, and rehab if need be. Anyone suffering from addiction should. Prison just makes it worse
They became alcoholics cause its illegal
@@dubious6718 Not really. One of my friends became addicted to coke at around the age of 15-16 and coke isn't legal for anyone
@@SR-kd4wi well, kids with guns are sth different, than kids with addictions, i guess.
The age to drink should be switched with the age to enlist. You should be required to have some real life experience before signing up for a job that might actually ask you to SACRIFICE your life.
ScrimpishIMP damn right it’s a job that pays more than any at that age. No kid wants to join for free period
Just go to college
..or a job that asks you to kill other people! No way in hell does an 18 year old understand the complexity of humans and societies.
Enlisting in the army should be voluntary and you should be no less than 30 for women and 35 for men.
Heri Eystberg No, I mean 35 is way to old for enlistment, soldiers need to be in their physical prime, and 35 is far to old. Also that means that upper NCO’s and Generals that need time to work up the ranks will have probably have passed the mandatory retirement age before they get to those upper ranks. Meaning promotions will need to happen quicker, which leads to worse, less experienced NCO’s and executive staff.
Also keep in mind the military is all volunteer now, the last draftee retired a few years back, so the men and women serving our country did so on their own wish to server.
Gin Gin The Almighty Most, if not all officers in the military have a college degree.
I'd rather someone go on a binge than a spree.
Preach
Yeah because at least on a binge they only usually hurt themselves on a spree they hurt dozens
Yearly deaths from alcohol almost double that of firearms. That includes fatalities from drunken drivers. So you need to rethink this.
They acknowledge drunk driving and binge drinking as a threat to safety and make efforts to stop it; check points, bars cutting people off, etc
They dont make any efforts to stop gun violence so I stand by my comment.
@@erickruckenberg8716 That's ridiculous. You have to go through so much scrutiny to even purchase a gun. I, as a law abiding citizen with NO criminal record, have to still have my background checked to buy a .22 pistol. To legally conceal carry you have to go through a safety class and have various background checks. You can't buy guns as a regular citizen out of state. Once a person has a gun, then it's up to that person to remain law abiding. It is not the governments job to keep you safe. Regardless of the reason. It's yours.
@@1974spr Since you have to be way older to drink in public. The underage just drinks at home and has more of an opportunity to go overboard. Whose more likely to get into an accident. The 21 who gets his keys taken away by a bartender or the 18 year old who just kept drinking and also the legal age to drive.
Fun fact for those interested, the reason the drinking age is 21 is that used to be the legal age of adulthood meaning that was when you could vote, get drafted, etc. However, the draft age was lowered to 18 in order to recruit for the Vietnam War with the voting age being lowered soon after due to pressures of people saying it's wrong to force an 18-year-old to fight in a war that they couldn't vote for.
A similar argument was made for the drinking age saying that if these adult responsibilities are being thrust upon these teenagers then they should be allowed adult beverages as well. However, this decision was left to state governments resulting in some lowering it and others keeping it at 21. This resulted in so-called "blood borders" between states that had different drinking ages where 18-year-olds would go to the neighboring state to legally drink but then would have to drive home resulting in a high number of DUI-related fatalities at these borders which gave Congress the need for a national standard. MADD then lobbied Congress to set the drinking age to 21 thinking that the DUI fatalities were the result of the younger people drinking in the first place and either being ignorant to or ignoring the incentive set by the differing states.
thezekroman Good post. Thank you.
same thing happens with state by state gun laws. doesn't matter if california is strict if you can just go next door.
Coral Day if you aren’t from one of the “blood border” areas (the most important being Chicago due to its proximity to Wisconsin), you wouldn’t understand why. There are signs about an underage drunk driver crashing ~every couple miles of road. Wisconsin was the last holdout for 18, both due to their heavy drinking culture and the fact they could make money off the million+ under-21s in the Chicago area looking to drink. Finally the government got them to fall in line by threatening to withhold highway funding.
The Nutlord wow. I learned a lot.
@@o.b.9781 Lots of people still had friends over the Wisconsin border or people with WI IDs. It doesn't work nearly as well as you'd think. You can still get weed easily in Massachusetts under 25 even though that's the legal age for non-state residents (vs 21 for MA residents).
Wow, here in Egypt it is 18 for beer, 21 for spirits....and we are an islamic state for god sake...let American teenagers have their fun..come on
I started drinking at 16. Teenagers don't need to drink lol. 21 is fine.
This is the best thing i have seen today
Lol
@@blackmetal4546 I mean I feel you but the taboo around it made it more difficult to drink responsibly considering you, and I fir that matter, were more likely to hide a problem than to seek help for fear of getting into trouble. I started drinking occasionally and smoking around 12 I'm 30 and barely do both now. 🤷♂️
@@blackmetal4546 says the person who started drinking at 16.
It taught you valuable lessons being allowed to drink at that age- while in America, we’re still drinking it, but in secret with other people our age quietly pressuring us to drink more and more.
Did you not watch the video? Do you know how many people die from this absurd restriction?
"And did you ever stop to think, I'm old enough to go to war, but I ain't old enough to drink?" - 2Pac
IntensePeppers Same thing in the UK except we can apply at 15, join at 16 and drink at 18
@@connormckenzie7052 At least your navy has beer rations.
Yep and they say America is the greatest country in the world but the best rations are only handed out to people I'd the captain says so
I think the whole "you can go to war" argument is significantly more powerful when you consider that you can be drafted against your will.
Couldn’t agree more and I think the Italian model is a very smart way to go about it.
-14: Legally consume beer and wine with parental supervision.
-16: Legally purchase and consume wine and beer.
-18: Legally purchase and consume beer/wine and hard liquor.
Its the same here in germany.
Sounds reasonable to me.
Wait i'm Italian and that's not how it works AFAIK
At 16 you can drink with supervision but you can't buy 'till you're 18
Its reasonable because by the time they turn 20, they'll be tired of alcohol or at least they'll know how to drink it responsibly.
Drinking really isn't good for the developing brain at all, it's a drug and it makes people do fucked up things, it also kills brain cells. But if someone is going to do it, it's important to learn how and when.
What you are describing is the German, Swiss, Austrian etc. model, but not the Italian
The fact they can drive a car, one of the most deathliest creations ever, at 16, but can't drink until 21 is insane. 18 would be a reasonable age.
I find the guns more ridiculous - the cars actually have a purpose as public transport simply doesn't exist in America. It's not like in Europe where there are buses and trains going everywhere - in most of America you're pretty much fucked without a car. America's insane gun culture of thinking that an 18 year old kid buying an assault rifle on a whim is perfectly normal, but he can't have a fucking beer - now that's the epitome of insanity.
Before1984 the drinking age was state defined and foing back to the ww1 the drinking age was 18 while the voting age was 21. And you would have been drafted in the army if you are between the age of 21-31. And before Vietnam, the ages got switched so more teens can be sent to war and teens at home had to wait to vote.
@@oshanew9941 no you where always to be drafted at 18. Ww2 drafted 18 ww1 aswell. My grandpa was drafted at 18 ww2
@@oshanew9941 thats not true, actually it was 18 - 26 for all men, still is but now should include women if it doesnt already. Which if it doesnt it will very very soon.
Though i cannot say about voting, i can imagine you may be correct on that due to the bogus laws we have today such as the drinking age and soon to be smoking age.
@@ZhipFrag my sources is not 100% credible or I confused ww1 with ww2
To be very fair...Greek mythology is waaay crazier.
facts
Good old Dionysus
@@danisankovich6606 I find him to be much tamer than Poseidon and Zeus. And Aphrodite. And Apollo.
Honestly, the booze god was kinda sober.
No, Greek mythology is way better than "Greek life"
That goes for all mythologies.
As a pro-gun person, i do think it's utterly insane that you can have a gun before alcohol....
Shadow Prince but it is sir
In Lewis Black's words, you can't get married without being allowed to drink because the secret to a successful marriage is alcohol
The secret to a quick divorce
I'm from New York my mother used to let me drink her beer from the age of 9 never was an alcoholic don't need a drink everyday I don't even need a drink every time I go out.. born and raised in the hood never did any drug but marijuana don't need to smoke everyday, every week or every time I go out "regular degular" is what we call that..
To teach your kids responsibility in every aspect of life is very important not just financial not just emotional but even in social situations such as drinking..
Your absolutely right
Good on your mom! 💚
There is no drinking age in Latin America and you drink with your parents. It’s similar to what you see in Europe. It teaches people to be more responsible.
In America you are considered an adult at 18 but an ADULT can't drink a beer.
i love how somebody decided at the end there to cut it short. Yep, thats it. There's no coming back from there, I'm ending it here.
That end chop was epic editing - he got the joke out and made it look moderately non-culpable. The producer or whatever is a pro. They know what they did lol and it was funny
lol yeah it's as if someone heard what he was saying and ran over to the stop button in a panic.
@@russellzauner: I got what the editor did, but I genuinely wanted to hear the joke.
It's a bit like Britain's recent anti-cocaine advert, when Michael Gove admitted to taking it. And if you cba googling the cunt, well, he's a politician who looks like a haunted ventriloquists dummy.
its almost like this fraud is an editing master
I thought the 21 year drinking age was to reduce alcohol-related accidents. The 5 years after getting a license was needed to make driving more automatic and reduce the odds of having an accident even if intoxicated.
I thought the drinking age on military bases used to be 18, but was changed to match state laws.
Well, I didn't know that my country (Cote d'ivoire) has a drinking age limit. I mean, people start going to bars as young as 13. Guess nobody never heard of that law :-)
"If you can buy it you can drink it." That's the rule of thumb where I'm from.
O. B. Some places dont even enforce it well. I have a friend who is 19 and he gets around being carded by handing them the card before they ask for it. They don’t even check it. (USA btw)
@@o.b.9781 Western and Northern Europe is also pretty strict. I'm from the Netherlands and they will ask for an ID
O. B. Yea ik, its a specific case, im just showing that people do get away with it.
@Sam WOODHOUSE Thats F'ed up xD then again, UK is hardly Europe anymore
I'm 43 and in the US and I agree totally. My parents let me have some wine at special occasions like New Year's when I was around 13. As a result alcohol wasn't a big deal in my teens and beyond and I never cared about drinking. I've gotten drunk before but not ever to an extreme. Only got sick once and that was at a friend's birthday party mainly because he got some really good moonshine and it caught me by surprise how strong it was. Lol
When I turned 18 my mom told me that if I ever wanted to get drunk to see what it was like, she would set me up in the living room. Buy as much alcohol as I wanted and then go into the back room and let me have at it. She claimed it was so I wouldn't drink and drive, but now I think it was covertly so the rebellion of drinking would be taken away. It worked. I never asked for the booze and I never really got into drinking.
I love this idea.
you didn't drink already before you were 18?
Smort mom
doesn't work for everybody.My ex her kids where aloud to drink.The boy 15 and the girl 18.The boy likes to drink in the weekend with his friends,the girl hardly ever drink or go out.It also depends on your personality
There was always booze and weed in my house growing up. It wasn't forbidden. My parents just sat me down and said they trusted me to make my own decisions, that they will tell me this or that is bad - but like them as kids, I likely wouldn't believe them till I tried. They then said that while they wouldn't get mad at me for under age drinking or smoking, they would be disappointed in me.
That was pretty much all I needed. I could deal with angry parents, but parents that gave me trust and I disappointed them? Heeeeelllll no.
Hmm I must continue to sample this unusual nectar
Man, I remember when studying abroad in the US. I had just hit 21, so I was lucky. But all the other European students that were 19 and 20 - they had a hard time dealing with it.
And even though I was allowed to drink, you could just sense how weird Americans are about it. Everything had to be some sort of drinking game or be about how you could get drunk the fastest. You know, the stuff you care about when you're 16. I even received a warning from the uni because I was drinking in a dorm room where a 19 year old kid was sleeping in the other room. It's so fucking weird having RA's younger than you, and who are totally inexperienced with alcohol, lecture you about responsible drinking.
you see, we Europeans are more free than americans
Never understood the drinking age in America, Never got the whole frat thing either.
Drink in a pub and on your own like English people and don't see a therapist for your problems, bottle them up and wait for it all to turn into a massive stroke! Like a man!
😂😂😂👍🏼
English univeristies have "dining societies" - drinking societies. Its the same damned thing, but the uk has nearly a milennia on the US on this dumbassery.
Yeah but remember that the first wave of settlers in this country were rabidly anti-Catholic puritans and Baptists. Remember them? The people who say that Jesus is against drink, nevermind the sacraments and the changing of water to wine?
Stiff upper lip lads!
Almost choked on my dinner warn people!😂😂😂
As an American I too am baffled by fraternities. Why?
In Ireland my parents let me drink so that when I'm older I drink responsibe
In Texas, the age to buy cigarettes is now 21, but you're exempt if you were born before august 2000
They do that shit in frats here in the Philippines too. It's stupid... people have actually died here because of frat initiations too.
Not to be rude, but of so many things the Philippines could have taken from the American influence in the country, somehow, the worst things were the ones that stayed. The junk food, the Uni frats. I suppose Basketball is fine :P
Jose Palma Gois
We’re so sorry about that :( I don’t know if we’ll pay you back for that tbh
@@nettoyagedelamaison9557 sorry? Nah I'm good. I'm Portuguese. Just hope I had a bit better food while in the Philippines with the wife 😂 no hate
Never understood the purpose of fraternities, here in Italy students just want to pass exams, and graduate as fast as possible. We do the crazy stuff and heavy drinking in high school.
@@nettoyagedelamaison9557 Why you gotta apologize for that??
My answer? Raise the drinking age to 40 so you have something for that midlife crisis...
Alex Landherr nah, drinking age 16. But at 40 psychedelics are legal. That’ll help you get through your midlife crisis ;)
That makes no sense my friend! If the drinking age is lowered, you’ll still be able to drink at 40 buddy.
the "drinking age" they're talking about is a legal limitation, not an social expectation.
No drinking=no mid life crisis, Problem solved.
Sweet honey Mustard lmao riiiight
Americans be like:
- Driving a 5000 pound truck 75mph on the highway: age 16
- drinking a beer: age 21
You forgot joining the marines with parental consent at 17.
And operating huge automated farming equipment at 14
unclejoeoakland
Hey now. Corporations need their unregulated child labor when they can get it within safe distance of authorities
and Louisiana.
@@nettoyagedelamaison9557 you mean child soldiers?
@Dlox F150 can weigh over 5000 pounds curb weight
if there are a few people inside and some luggage you can easily get over 6000 pounds
so 6000 pounds with 16 years at 75mph is ok, but drinking beer is way too dangerous until age 21
In Delhi, India, drinking age is 25. I've been buying beer for my mom since I was 14.
Nope in my state it is 18, only in North India there will be dumb rules.
Isn't it 21
Vary from state to state, 25 in delhi and it's fucking ridiculous. It's 18 in goa tho
Yup. My family's approach has always been to teach kids how to handle booze before they leave the house, not after. Same with sex ed. How do you expect teens to make good, informed decisions if you don't inform them in the first place.
It has always been baffling that you can vote, go to work, etc, but can not legally drink.
How can it be confusing you?
People get drunk and do extremely stupid things, some time un-harmful but most of the majority end up killing another human being or put themselves in grave danger.
If people where responsible not to drink while drunk or do stupid stuff, we wouldn't have any problem in America.
@@number0017 I think you overvalue alcohols influence on people. Alcohol only greases the wheels that was already there. That's why religious people are so scared of it.
I’m glad the Australian gets it!
I grew up in a state where the drinking age was still 19. you could still drink at 17 and 18 if you had a military ID. in the late 80's, it was changed to 21, but the military folks could still go drinking at 17 to 20 if they had a military ID.
The cut off is perfect! 😆
Great stuff. Your show further inspires me, Jim. As a Brit here for 35 years, I look forward to chatting with you some day.
here in Switzerland you can drink beer and wine in public and order it in bars from 16 on and all the harder stuff from 18. we have very little alcoholism, little violence, no idiotic fraternities and an overall extremely smoothly functioning country
Yo the cut off was too legit 😂
I'm at uni now- fraternities are a blight on our campus. A buddy of mine (who has since withdrawn) was severely hazed.
“Go to war” = unilateral response to a potential soft threat by invading random territories that curiously have what you need
Woah! That was a quick cut on the ending. Lol
from italy: i used to get sooooooo fucked up every saturday when i was 15. never turned into an alcoholic though, i have a normal life and drink very occasionally. tried a hell of a lot of drugs, never turned into an addict. i don’t understand the prohibition mentality. if you get caught in some addiction, the problem is not the substance, the problem is inside you, deal with it
In the United States Virgin Islands the drinking age is 18. And you can drink in public.
Same in Puerto Rico brother.
La sanse es el mejor ejemplo, varios ni chequean tu id mientras parezcas de 18 para arriba
You can drive at 16 but can't buy a beer until you're 21. Ridiculous.
for both.
100% true. When I started college the drinking age was 18 and we had a Ratskeller (beer bar) on campus.
Then the drinking age was raised and the school closed the Rat. Drinking parties moved into the dorms and within a year a drunk freshman took a header off a balcony and broke her back.
it's very clever that titles of your videos seem silly yet you somehow manage to raise serious topics and get your message across in a fun way. 👍🏽👍🏽
I love how abruptly they cut out at the end. Hahaha
I bought house before i could've buy beer (legally)
Damn that's the dream! Don't complain about that!
Blame religion for prohibition. It's remnants are still around in some of our laws.
As a non religious person at all, I thank religion for all it has done..
Religion is a scam
@@Dave-zk1un lol u dumb if u think that. Religion made people barbaric eg the crusade , the dark ages .science got us out of that , meanwhile ur religious cunts were burning women in name of God cause they thought they were witches.
This is something i really dont understand. In europe christian churches and monasteries made the best beer, liqueur, schnapps and spirits.
@@trisi95 They still do. For instance trappistenbier.
That cut at the end was perfect.
That ending was perfectly cut
I started legally drinking at 18, a year after I got drunk for the first time. I'm now 23 and have gotten drunk maaaybe 7 times during the past year. Nowadays my friends and I seriously just drink some beers with dinner and go to bed at a reasonable hour. Oh and I'm in uni.
When I cam down to to Austin for UT in 1972, the legislature had, quite oddly, dropped the drinking age to 18. This, predictably led to some problems. So when I was 19, they raised the age to 19 and by the time a was 21, the age was back to 21. Thing is, they didn't let the thing run its course. Things would have settled down in due time once everyone got more used to a drinking age of 18. Thing is, here in the US we simply don't teach kids how to drink. We just say, OK, you can now go nuts with it at 'x' age. This really doesn't work well.
I recall when a parent could give a child a drink at home, or even let him taste one in public. It was part of parental training, same as supervising the use of tools, matches, money, or vehicles. I personally believed it was wrong to jail a parent for giving his teenager a beer with a meal, when the same teen, in presence of friends, would quaff all he could at an illicit party, because this opportunity was rare. I saw my share of drinking tragedies, be they poisonings, or crash victims. It made no sense whatsoever.
Prohibition itself should have taught us. Organized crime got strong because of prohibition, and huge numbers of citizens became criminals overnight and began to rub elbows with real criminals, just to get a commodity that was legal all their lives. Here's another bit of fallout, which actually did occur: many policemen said that if beer became illegal, it would be easier to hide a joint or a pill, with no alcohol breath anyway so, since it was all illegal, the drugs would be easier to get away with. I watched how the drug crisis rose after the alcohol crackdown.
I would gladly see the age for any spirits drop back to 18, the age for supervised use of 6% or less be 16, and the age with parental supervision 13 or older, or a sip permissible over age 10, just as with cough syrup. This type of action works in Europe, and their society is less violent than elsewhere, so it may be time to try.
Denmark: there's NO drinking age, but buy beer and wine at 16, and 18 harder liquor. well there you go.
Is hilarious here in the uk! We drink at 14 plus with our parents knowledge haha
It's actually perfectly legal in England and Wales (but not Scotland or Northern Ireland) to drink alcohol if you are older than **five** : news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6598867
www.drinkaware.co.uk/alcohol-facts/alcohol-and-the-law/the-law-on-alcohol-and-under-18s/
I used to drink about that age, not proud of it. There was an indian guy owned the shop near my friend's house I think he would've served us in our school uniforms. Before we found him if we got asked for ID or the shopkeeper refused to serve us we'd just run off with the booze. Teenagers are the worst.
I agree! Draft age should be the same with drinking! Hell they learn how to drink safer
And then criminal responsibility then
I never thought of it this way before; I didnt realize the rest of the world had a lower drinking age
Thank you! You're very right!
You can buy a gun at 16 in some states but not a beer until you are 21 😁😁😁
In belguim you can buy a gun with examen and all at 18 but you can buy a beer on 16
@@seppejosten219 😁😁😁 and wine at 16
I’m French and I endorse that message. My wife is not and she does not and that has created some interesting discussions when I gave a tea spoon worth of wine to our kids...
I agree, I drank for the first time not long ago and its super cool how social everyone gets. Ive got 5 months before I’m legal to buy it. Responsibility is key.
"Goodies rubbing up a thy" lmao
Thanks for cutting that one short there. Now my therapy will only cost half as much
Finally someone that gets it. At some point we have to choose when someone is an adult. If the US is choosing age 18 as adulthood, drinking alcohol and cigarettes should be made available at age 18.
And cannabis too
Sure. Probably even safer than alcohol. You can get a medical card at 18 in most states where it's legal.
Best Jim Jefferies show ever seen!
"better a springe than a spree" affirmative LOL
I was married in the US when I was 19 and he was 20. We had the reception at the house we had owned for a year and had to have his dad sign for the Kegs for the reception because we weren't 21.....
in sweden you can buy lightweight alcoholic beverages in stores and bars/restaurants, however you need to be 21 to buy the more hardcore drinks.
ps. those hardcore drinks can usually only be bought in government controlled stores.
Can’t wait for this show to come out in the UK 🇬🇧
"These are all countries...allegedly" 😅😂🤣
It makes perfect sense if you get that US still views life through puritanical/conservative glasses. Anything done for pleasure/relaxing (like alcohol) - has to be restricted as long as possible, anything connected to duty/suffering/upholding conservative ideals (like marriage, military) - allowed as soon as possible. There is method to their madness
“...parents need to teach their kids responsibility.” The funniest thing he said. Parents will NEVER teach their kids responsibility, because that would require that they get off their asses and ACTUALLY do some parenting! It’ll never happen.
Don’t clench until the webbing! 🤣
Damn, I love your show Jim
What came to my mind here (kinda related), from an outside perspective the fact that you can drive at the age of 16 and (correct me if i'm wrong) you can do driving lessons with a parent, not a real instructor, always concerned me. Not to be generalizing here but that's atleast discussable
In my state at least (Washington, probably similar in most other states), you typically get an instructional permit at age 15, which allows you to drive while accompanied by someone with at least 5 years driving experience. To get this permit, you need to either enroll in a driving course or pass a written test on the road rules. To get a full license at 16, you still need to pass both written and driving tests. So while it's true that you can be taught by a friend or relative in lieu of an official course, you still need to demonstrate knowledge and ability to the state.
What I really wish we would do is retest adults every 10-20 years, and more frequently for the elderly. There's a lot of people out there who have either forgotten many rules of the road or don't care.
driving age varies from state to state. most states are moving towards not giving out a full license till 18. before then they can generally get learning permits or licenses that restrict what time they are allowed to be on the road and whether or not a licensed driver is required to be in the car.
Thanks for your input guys, so there definately are various safety measures If you look closer and it's not as unregulated as someone would stereotypically think. Still i stand with that the general age should/could be raised, as you pointed out states are moving towards which imo is good.
@@erics7435 I don't see any state actually raising the basic license age from 16 anytime soon. rakninja is right that there have been increased restrictions on teenage drivers in the last decade or so (for example, I couldn't have any other teenagers in the car for the first 6 or 12 months that I had my license, unless they were immediate family), but the fundamental age to drive solo will probably not change.
I must continue to sample this unusual nectar
Love Jim!
I totally agree, I always thought it was a bit silly that the legal drinking age in the US is 21. In my country (I'm european), the legal drinking age is 18, and it used to be 16 years old (till 2015 when it was raised to 18).
I've thought about getting drunk in front of my son so he can see what I grew up with. Problem is I don't drink and I've never been drunk because of the things I saw as a kid 🤔
Well.. might not be the brightest solution. Just take him outside a bar at 3 am and let him see the idiots that hang around there puking and fighting.
DON'T CLENCH UNTIL THE WEBBB!
We have it at 18 in my country, but no one's really enforcing it. Most teens here start drinking at around 14 or 15 years old. On booze ads we just place a "Drink Responsibly" at the end.
omfg the random cut off
I started legally drinking at age 16... i am 24 now and only drink on the occassional get together with friends... whats my point? I was at my alcohol consumption height at age 17-18 and learned how to drink responsibly after that. Also -> my body learned how to handle being black out drunk and rehabilitate from it...
Idk if you're american (prolly not now that I think about it) but we are a profoundly idiotic puritan country.
Are you Dutch?
If this mentality was present when discussing marijuana we could really make strides. To be fair, if to much hazing doesn’t kill you, to much alcohol can totally pull that off.
My mother use to let me and my friends drink at 16, she would always ask my friends parents if it was ok. It was great, we got to have a few beers and have fun. My mates parents and my mother was happy because we where usually in my shed (was our chill spot). We where safe and supervised. The only other option apart from not drinking (wasnt going to happen) or drink down by a river in a field.
I'm glad my mother let us do that
Gotta love how this went from frat parties, to a rant on handshakes, then back to frat parties
Getting "don't clench until the webbing" tattooed across my stomach 2Pac-style.
If you can vote, you can drink.
Thats my stance on it.
There was a short time around my dad’s youth that the drinking age in Maryland was 18.
This is one of the best shows right now
Rather a laughing, chocolate sharing stoner than a violent puking drunk at any age! 😁💙
Exactly!!!
He was right about the parental endorsement part
2:25 michael scofield on the right ? lol
In the UK the drink laws mean kids can be given drink from 5 and even drink in pubs with parents and a meal. I had done every drink by 16 and even got massively wasted long before it was legal. By the time I was 18 I knew what drinks went with each other and made me a good barman as a part time job. I saw so many drunks I never emulated them once it was legal for me to drink. It was nothing special once I was legal to drink. Still a light to moderate drinker even now.