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Should The Legal Drinking Age Be Increased To 21?

The topic on whether the drinking age in the UK should be raised to 21 has been questioned by many politicians due to the fact of 'Binge Drinking'. The government are saying that the problem with 'Binge Drinking' is getting worse and that it needs to be sorted quickly. The fact of the excessive crime due to alcohol related intake is also getting worse.

Quoted from BBC News
Last year there was a total of 52,205 alcohol related crimes that were reported to police in the UK

That figure has nearly doubled from 10 years ago. The government are saying that this is to much and that action should be taken. They believe that the route of the problem is 'Binge Drinking'.

Binge Drinking is costing the government billions of pounds each year.

Originally posted by the BBC
Britain's binge drinking culture is costing the country £20 billion a year, according to a government report.

This amount of money could be spent on better things such as education and the national health service.

If you look at other countires such as the United States that have a drinking age of 21, they do not have such a problem. So could raising the age of drinking in the UK to 21 help combat the problem of 'Binge Drinking'?

This brings up the question for the debate: -

Should The Legal Drinking Age In The Uk Be Increased To 21?

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[Baving]

topic bump.

[djotto1991]

Well in my opinion drinking should be banned it does no one no good what so ever But the country would come to travesty if it was banned because Owners of pubs would go bankrupt owners of offlicences too you have to put it into presepective i think you should have to have a licence before being able to drink and drinking age should be 23

[Wizzdom]

there is no need, it wont stop people drinking....lol

[Brody]

not really i dont think once u r 18 u should be able to make ur own choice if u wana waste ur money gettin drunk and waste ur life away thats there choice

[Concentric]

Well in my opinion drinking should be banned it does no one no good what so ever But the country would come to travesty if it was banned because Owners of pubs would go bankrupt owners of offlicences too you have to put it into presepective i think you should have to have a licence before being able to drink and drinking age should be 23

I do think that there are too many younger children/teenagers drinking alcohol and it can't be good for them, however i absolutely disagree with banning it completely. Many adults drink alcohol responsibly and they shouldn't be punished for the actions of the foolish. I do think that late night clubs and pubs are the main focus of the problem and so i think that is the area that needs to be looked at most carefully if we wish to tackle binge drinking.

[holo-jonny]

not really.20,maybe.

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[DMB-Hosting]

I think 18 is suitable you start work at 16/17 so you start to take your own responibilitys, so i diagree

[Rosie]

There is no point people are still gonna go out and get out there face.

[Sank]

No way, lower it please.

Its not going to stop anyone..