Reply To: If you can go to war at 18, you should be able to drink at 18

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August 3, 2017 10:01 am at 10:01 am #1331297
Avi K
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Yekke, criminalizing drugs has worked as well as Prohibition. Recently the Israeli Anti-Drug Agency recommended following the Portuguese system where substance abuse is treated as a public health problem. However, one really must ask how far the nanny state can go. What about Blomberg banning large cokes in NYC. Those in the US who support federalism should also oppose laws that punish states for not setting the age Nanny Sam wants. As for the army, halachically it should be 20-60 although one rav suggested that 18 is a horaat shaah.