Yiddishkeit does not go for abstinence. It is more about self control. Having a beer at a barb b que is a summer treat. One hopes that the chinuch is in place to teach self control. if anything drinking a beer or two in a calm and organised manner is arguably part of the chinuch itself. if we asser everything we run the risk of this being done secretly and that is more likely to lead to excesses. That is not a good idea. The Ami magazine story has nothing to do with this. Those bochurim were out of control to start with, they had no business to be out driving and this post does not talk about drink driving where there should be abstinence.
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