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Lack of options for minors provides limits, illegalities
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Monday, November 25, 2002
Because we are in college, we are constantly surrounded by an aspect of college life that often separates people: alcohol consumption.
The law says that anyone under 21 cannot drink. That’s fully respectable; it may not be a subject on which everyone can fully agree, but it’s the law and there’s not much that any common college student can do about that.
Or is there? Fake identification has often been the answer for many underage college students who thirst to go out with older friends who are legally allowed to publicly consume alcohol. Whether they’re out to have sober fun or to get crazily annihilated, many college students resort to fake IDs when they find that their social life will suffer if they don’t break the law.
The suffering is quite negative. Turning down exciting social opportunities because of one’s age is a weighty barrier and is frustrating and limiting.
As a solution to the problem of younger and older people uniting as friends who want to have a night on the town, “18+ Night” was created. But even those nights present problems, because the various bars downtown won’t let those with drinks cross over to the side that is dry, ultimately separating the underage people from those who are legally capable of consuming alcoholic beverages. “18+ Night” only opened up alternatives for those who want to hang out with other minors, instead of offering minors an opportunity to hang out with their older, alcohol-consuming friends.
So, fake identification seems like the last resort for underage people. However, there are other options, such as not going to the bars at all or waiting until one is legally capable of alcoholic ventures.
It may be frustrating and limiting, but it’s the law and it’s to be respected. It may separate people, but true friends will understand that the law taken into illegally-acting hands might yield negative results.
Before acting, know that there are college students everywhere experiencing the same frustrations and that alternatives do exist.
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