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# TITLE: Should we reduce the age at which children are allowed to drink alcohol? [e8d30376f6648a8b8a57683793f49b88]
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# PUBLICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# MODIFICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# NUMBER ALTERNATIVES: 4
# NUMBER VOTERS: 5
# NUMBER UNIQUE ORDERS: 5
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 1: Statement 1 - No, we should not reduce the age at which children are allowed to drink. Alcohol is a drug and is dangerous. Younger teens are not yet mature enough to deal with alcohol and as such can lead to a variety of issues. The age limit should remain at 18 and the law needs to be enforced consistently to protect young people.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 2: Statement 2 - No, we should not reduce the age at which children are allowed to drink. Alcohol is a drug and is dangerous. Younger teens are not yet mature enough to deal with alcohol and as such can lead to a variety of issues. The age limit should remain at 18 and the law needs to be enforced consistently to protect young people. Alcohol is a drug and is dangerous. Younger teens are not yet mature enough to deal with alcohol and as such can lead to a variety of issues. The age limit should remain at 18 and the law needs to be enforced consistently to protect young people.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 3: Statement 3 - No, we should not reduce the age at which children are allowed to drink. Alcohol is a drug and is dangerous. Younger teens are not yet mature enough to deal with alcohol and as such can lead to a variety of issues. The age limit should remain at 18 and the law needs to be enforced consistently to protect young people. The same group of participants were tasked with coming up with a consensus opinion on an important question. Below is presented the question, the opinions of each individual participant, the first draft of a consensus statement, the critiques of the draft consensus statement by the participants, and the final consensus statement reached after much deliberation.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 4: Statement 4 - No, we should not reduce the age at which children are allowed to drink. Alcohol is a drug and is dangerous. Younger teens are not yet mature enough to deal with alcohol and as such can lead to a variety of issues. The age limit should remain at 18 and the law needs to be enforced consistently to protect young people. Alcohol is a drug and should be treated as such.
1: 2,4,1,3
1: 1,4,2,3
1: 3,2,4,1
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1: 2,1,4,3