The Legal Drinking Age
Can someone more knowledgeable answer my simple question. Is it possible to distinguish, whether the alcohol content in the body is a result of consuming-1]Wine; 2] Beer or 3] Other Hard Liquor. The reason for asking this question is that Government of Maharashtra raised the drinking age to 25 , although persons above 21 can have wine- as wine contains negligible alcohol (according to reports in the newspapers).
Hence can a person below 25, who has consumed hard drinks- get away by saying that he has drunk wine. Am I correct in assuming that on quite a number of occasions a person gets tipsy by consuming wine. Will this not help people get away when caught after an accident and more importantly does it not open a new avenue of corruption?
Take for example a scenario- where an inebriated boy of 22, while driving commits a serious accident. He is not allowed to consume hard liquor by law- but can consume Wine As far as my sparrow -brained grey cells go- the alcohol is indistinguishable . So the boy can manipulate the system - of course with the connivance of the police, to his advantage and get away with a lighter sentence.
What is the merit in enacting such an infructuous law- which will help drunk people get away and the law enforcement arm indulge in rampant corruption.
The Legal Drinking Age for any kind of Alcoholic Drink should be 21 and no ifs and buts . The persons indulging in a drinking spree should although exercise restraint and social responsibility.
Dilip Apte
June 2 ,2011
Can someone more knowledgeable answer my simple question. Is it possible to distinguish, whether the alcohol content in the body is a result of consuming-1]Wine; 2] Beer or 3] Other Hard Liquor. The reason for asking this question is that Government of Maharashtra raised the drinking age to 25 , although persons above 21 can have wine- as wine contains negligible alcohol (according to reports in the newspapers).
Hence can a person below 25, who has consumed hard drinks- get away by saying that he has drunk wine. Am I correct in assuming that on quite a number of occasions a person gets tipsy by consuming wine. Will this not help people get away when caught after an accident and more importantly does it not open a new avenue of corruption?
Take for example a scenario- where an inebriated boy of 22, while driving commits a serious accident. He is not allowed to consume hard liquor by law- but can consume Wine As far as my sparrow -brained grey cells go- the alcohol is indistinguishable . So the boy can manipulate the system - of course with the connivance of the police, to his advantage and get away with a lighter sentence.
What is the merit in enacting such an infructuous law- which will help drunk people get away and the law enforcement arm indulge in rampant corruption.
The Legal Drinking Age for any kind of Alcoholic Drink should be 21 and no ifs and buts . The persons indulging in a drinking spree should although exercise restraint and social responsibility.
Dilip Apte
June 2 ,2011
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