Drinking

Jan-Jaap is a real party animal, he regularly goes out with his friends. There is regularly alcohol involved. Jan-Jaap likes that a lot. Despite that Jan-Jaap is only 14 years old, he regularly drinks too much. Jan-Jaap knows that drinking is not good for him, he wants to stop. He doesn't manage to.

This should be different, young people such as Jan-Jaap, chew faster to a halt. The earlier young people start drinking, the more likely they are addicted. This of course has great implications for the future. Because more people who drink a lot means that will take the hospitalizations and that people who are seriously ill and have been very responsible social their whole lives are penalised.

Regular alcohol consumption is bad for your brain if you're still young. This is going to be faster against brain development and people admitted to the hospital because they have had an accident in drunken state.

I find that the legal drinking age should be increased from 18 to 21 years of age and that there should be stricter checks on young people under that age.