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How about that national 21 drinking age?

Filed under: Drugs

College presidents know how to party. How else to explain the Amethyst Initiative, a push from university administrators to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18?

This is a serious policy issue, despite the advocacy group's odd name. Turns out "Amethyst" is derived from the Greek words meaning "not intoxicated." Here I thought the president of Duke had just imbibed too much one night, turned purple, and had a revelation.

MPR's Bob Collins wants you to weigh in. But with this issue, as with so many things, I turn to Mojo Nixon for guidance.

Two decades ago (check the Reagan reference!), the rock n' roller/comic/prophet dropped the following advice about the national drinking age. The whole video is epic, but the drinking age rant starts about 1:40:

Note to Mall of America public relations people: the fact that this song is called "Burn Down the Malls" is just a coincidence.

Posted by Jeff Shaw at August 19, 2008 8:40 AM

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The drinking age should be 15 or 16. The age of majority should be 25. With the current stupid system, you get to support your children, and pay for their college, health care, cars, birth control, etc, while you have no control (not even get a transcript) because they are adults - who invented this joke?

I'm 59, own several brats, been there, done that, got the T-Shirt.

Posted by: EastCoastDoug at August 19, 2008 11:47 AM

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