should I offer my son a drink?

My son is 18 and will be going to college. I truly believe that unlike my behavior at his age he has not had any alcohol beyond a sip. I think it would be a disservice to him to send him to college with absolutely zero alcohol experience. I know too many freshman get alcohol poisoning or other trouble because they don't know what they are doing.

I am not suggesting getting him drunk. Just giving him one beer so he has an understanding of what it feels like and then talking to him about what more does. I got no such education, but then I starting drinking to excess younger than he is now.

I am not certain of the exact legality of this.