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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Binge drinking challenge



Our view: The legal drinking age of 21 should remain
August 20, 2008
A number or respected academic leaders in Maryland believe the legal drinking age should be lowered from 21 to 18, to help confront what they describe as a hidden crisis in binge drinking among students. But they offer no convincing evidence that lowering the drinking age would reduce excessive alcohol use by college students.

What we do know is that since 1984, when Congress effectively raised the national drinking age to 21, the number of young drivers charged with drunken driving has declined significantly, as has the number of alcohol-related highway deaths. That persuades us that the legal drinking age of 21 has been an effective deterrent to youthful problem drinking and should remain in place.
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