Anonymous #1 21w

correct

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Anonymous OP 21w

Why

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Anonymous #1 21w

good job on the reading comprehension

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Anonymous #2 21w

Any substance that alters the mind with repeated use should be later to allow further brain development

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Anonymous #1 21w

If 18 year olds can vote and die in wars they should be able to smoke and drink

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Anonymous #2 21w

Then raise selective service. Sacrificing public health is not worth sending teenagers to war.

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Anonymous #1 21w

I think 18 to buy beer and other alcohol below 5% and 21 to buy hard liquor. And most people who join the military statistically aren’t going to die actually. But there’s room to argue that the enlistment age (also selective service as you said) should be 21

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Anonymous #1 21w

i think there would be benefits to cultivating a social environment where people don't treat weed and alcohol as taboo. a lot of glorification and overconsumption comes from that hardline stance and later introduction in life. maybe 21 still, but i think "with adult supervision" should come in early adulthood, and an onus should be placed on parents to know the appropriate limits i don't believe any such positives would or could come from nicotine - as a quitting nicotine addict

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Anonymous #2 21w

selective service should not be for fresh adults. people should be allowed to live as adults before they're forced to face death

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Anonymous OP 21w

Who’s forcing them to face death if enlistment is voluntary? Selective service isn’t even active, the last time it was active was Vietnam

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Anonymous #1 21w

you can name all the downside of weed and alcohol and i do not disagree. people are still going to use them, often at those young ages (in unsafe ways and environments because it's not allowed) and i think we should change our approach. i'm not hardline on the exact ages either

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Anonymous #2 21w

selective service is not voluntary, and as of recent became automatic. what i'm trying to say is i don't think anybody should even have the chance to be called until 25

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Anonymous #2 21w

i do not care about the chances or last time it was "active". my point is people should be allowed to live until 25 before the possibility of it affecting them

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Anonymous OP 21w

I’m saying enlistment is voluntary, not selective service It’s not something we will likely ever see in our lifetimes unless there is a very serious emergency that requires it

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Anonymous #2 21w

i implore you to read my last reply to you again as it applies equally to this

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