Boulder Police chief says lower the drinking age!

Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner says his experience as a chief, street cop and father have convinced him of one thing when it comes to setting the legal drinking age at 21 - it's not working.

"Why is it that we've changed the laws, we've increased the penalties, we're writing more tickets and yet the rate of drinking is increasing?" Beckner said Thursday.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/mar/07/drinking-age-isnt-working-chief-says/

Good for him. It is true the 21 drinking age doesn’t work, but even if it did, it still would not be fair. The law as it stands is a double standard. It is not fair to expect an 18 year old to be mature enough to go to war, but not to be mature enough to drink a beer. An 18 year old is old enough to get married, have a kid, buy a house, get a job, they can be tried in court as an adult, they can do anything else that any other adult can do, except drink. It doesn’t make any sense to me and it turns almost all 18-21 year olds into criminals as they continue to drink regardless of the law.

It is so nice to be able to write something positive about a police officer, this cop is brave for speaking out and should be commended.