European vs. American

Here’s an article from addiction guru Stanford Peele’s website. The article itself is neat–especially Peele’s response to the letter–but I thought the discussion of the drinking age of the UK is more interesting.

When I turned 21 and started going to the bars, I didn’t have enough experience to understand the relationship between food and alcohol. As almost any college student can tell you, that relationship is one that is quickly learned. Unfortunately, it can only be learned the hard way.

If the US had the alcohol education that the UK has, we would have learned much quicker–and easier–that while Domino’s tastes better after the bar, eating before a night out is a far better way to go.