Vermont argues over drinking age
“Now we have a legal age of 18 to do everything else, but you can’t drink until you’re 21,” Mr. Marron, a Republican state representative, said. Mr. Marron, who says his ownership of a resort with a liquor license in Stowe, Vt., has no bearing on his support of the bill, said some teenagers drove to Canada, where the drinking age is 18.
“Philosophically, it’s difficult to reconcile the notion that you can enlist in the military, serve your country, go to war, but not go into your local pub and get a draft beer,” Mr. Gibbs, the spokesman of Gov. Jim Douglas-a Republican, said.
Representative Loren T. Shaw, Republican of Derby, bases his opposition on personal experience. “I started drinking when I was 15,” said Mr. Shaw, 63, who said he stopped at 25. “All I cared about was booze, stock cars and women.”
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