well, noone really teaches you how to drink when you are a  teenager. the fact that you can buy liquor in bulgaria when you are 14, certainly makes it easier to get your puking out of the way, thats for sure.

i have to tell you, it was quite amusing for me to see what was going down in the dorms when i attended college in the US. there were kids throwing up left and right, getting excited about drinking insane amounts of alcohol. the urge to get obliterated was insane. my classmates were paying me to go and buy Everclear for them at the store, which is the most suicidal thing you can do to your body.

the aftermath - since alcohol wasnt a taboo at the age of 19, i was able to focus on my academics instead of abusing it. i dont necessarily agree that 21 is a good drinking age limit, but thats an entirely different topic:)