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	Legal drinking age - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The legal drinking age is (informally) the minimum age at which people are legally allowed to purchase or consume alcoholic beverages in a given jurisdiction.
		Drinking by minors under adult supervision is permitted in licensed premises in the provinces of Manitoba and New Brunswick and at home in Prince Edward Island, Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Saskatchewan.
		Some states do not allow those under the legal drinking age to be present in liquor stores or in bars (usually, the difference between a bar and a restaurant is whether food is being served).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Legal_drinking_age (1298 words)

	Daily Lush Magazine: Concerning the Drinking Age (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Drinking and driving is already illegal, and punished by increasingly severe penalties that apply equally to underaged drinkers and those above the legal drinking age.
		In Canada and Mexico, our closest neighbors, the minimum drinking age for purchasing liquor is 18 (19 in some Canadian provinces.) In the United Kingdom, the drinking age is 18, although, if you purchase the alcoholic beverage with a meal, you may do so as young as 16.
		In the United States, at age 18 you can marry, sign contracts, buy a firearm, vote, receive the death sentence, and go to war, but cannot drink alcohol, an arbitrary and hypocritical distinction that became so poignant during the Vietnam War that the drinking age was lowered in response.
	www.dailylush.com /archives/concerning_the_drinking_age.html (1584 words)

	Legislative Analysis for the National Minimum Drinking Age Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		From the end of Prohibition until 1984 drinking ages were determined by the states -- many of them had the age at 21 while several lowered the age to 18 for the purchase of beer.
		From 1970 through 1975 nearly all states lowered their legal ages of adulthood, thirty including their legal drinking ages, usually from 21 to 18." (Males 194) It was argued that if people were required to fight and die in a foreign war then they should be allowed the privilege of drinking alcohol.
		Drinking age proponents such as MADD used statistics like these to obscure the truth in order to win their goal of further depriving youth of their liberty.
	www.asfar.org /zine/5th/cover.html (2093 words)

	Minimum Legal Drinking Age in College Communities
		Heavy drinking norms are deeply ingrained in key segments of the college culture (fraternities and sororities, athletes, alumni events), and in student perceptions of the college social scene.
		Countries with lower drinking ages suffer from alcohol-related problems similar to those in the U.S. [14] It was recently reported that New Zealand is considering raising its drinking age to 21 again after rates of teen binge drinking and drunken fighting increased when that country lowered its drinking age to 18 in 1999.
		Lowering the drinking age in Massachusetts caused an increase in total fatal crashes, alcohol-related fatal crashes, and alcohol-related property damage crashes among 18 to 20 year-old drivers.
	www.alcoholpolicymd.com /alcohol_and_health/study_legal_age.htm (2637 words)

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		Young people who began drinking before age 15 were four times more likely to develop alcohol dependence (alcohol addiction, commonly known as alcoholism) than those who began drinking at age 21, researchers found.
		That compares to 24.5 percent for respondents who began drinking at age 17 and approximately 10 percent for respondents who began drinking at the ages of 21 and 22.
		Of those who began drinking at age 14, 13.8 percent subsequently were classified with alcohol abuse, compared with 2.5 percent of those who began drinking at age 25 and older.
	www.niaaa.nih.gov /NewsEvents/NewsReleases/aging.htm (499 words)

	Why the Drinking Age Should be Lowered - B418.com
		This is because drinking by these youth is seen as an enticing "forbidden fruit," a "badge of rebellion against authority" and a symbol of "adulthood." As a nation we have tried prohibition legislation twice in the past for controlling irresponsible drinking problems.
		This increase in abusive drinking behavior is due to "underground drinking" outside of adult supervision in student rooms and apartments were same age individuals congregate and because of lack of knowledge of responsible drinking behaviors.
		Because the the 21 year old drinking age law is not working, and is counterproductive, it behooves us as a nation to change our current prohibition law and to teach responsible drinking techniques for those who chose to consume alcoholic beverages.
	www.b418.com /drinkingage.htm (818 words)

	sociology - Legal drinking age
		Many nations have a legal drinking age, or the minimum age one must be to drink alcohol.
		Others argue that if one is old enough to vote and be drafted, one is old enough to drink, and that being introduced to alcohol at a younger age in a family environment means people are more likely to learn responsible drinking habits.
		Laws surrounding alcohol vary, but generally, minors are not allowed inside of drinking establishments, are not allowed to purchase alcohol, and are not allowed to drink.
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Legal_drinking_age (490 words)

	History of the Drinking Age (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In July 1984 Congress passed a bill requiring all states to enforce a minimum drinking age of 21, or they would lose their federal highway funding as punishment.
		If everyone who drinks is equally likely to drive drunk (regardless of age) and 5% of the people who consume alcohol are 18 - 20 years old, making it illegal for them to consume alcohol should decrease alcohol related traffic deaths by 5%.
		People who are of legal drinking age in one state, living in a the other state, would drive to the state that allowed them to purchase alcohol.
	web.syr.edu /~su4rally/age_history.html (503 words)

	National Youth Rights Association - Drinking Age
		Here is a plain english look at drinking age laws in all 50 states, plus BAC limits for under and over 21.
		MADD led the fight to raise the drinking age to 21, and has been the main opponent to lowering it.
		CSPI is another opponent of lowering the drinking age, confronting NYRA in a debate on the issue in 2002.
	www.youthrights.org /drinkingage.shtml (493 words)

	Drinking Age FAQ
		Raising the drinking age has not done its job, and its time we look at the problem of drinking and driving honestly to find better options for dealing with the problem.
		Americans of all ages, races, genders, and ethnicities deserve equal respect, and they deserve the right to make their own choices in life.
		So whether it is choosing to drink a beer, choosing to stay up late, or choosing the next President, NYRA feels society must respect and honor the choices of young people in an equal, fair and honest way.
	www.youthrights.org /dafaq.shtml (1214 words)

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		Many believe that the age to legally be able to purchase, consume or possess alcohol should be 18.
		Critics pointed out that most people arrested for driving while intoxicated were over the age of 21 and argued further that the rights of the overwhelming majority of responsible 18-to 21-year-olds should not be trampled to strike at the minority of irresponsible drinkers.
		Many under the age of 21 are getting in trouble with the law in alcohol related incidents, which wouldn’t take place if the drinking age was lowered.
	lycoszone.lycos.com /info/legal-drinking-age.html (319 words)

	Why drinking age should be lowered: Dr. Ruth Engs
		The legal drinking age should be lowered to about 18 or 19 and young adults allowed to drink in controlled environments such as restaurants, taverns, pubs and official school and university functions.
		The decrease in drinking and driving problems are the result of many factors and not just the rise in purchase age or the decreased per capita consumption.
		Significant increase were also found for other variables: "cutting class after drinking" jumped from 9% to almost 12%; "missing class because of hangover" went from 26% to 28%; "getting lower grade because of drinking" rose from 5% to 7%; and "been in a fight after drinking" increased from 12% to 17%.
	www.indiana.edu /~engs/articles/cqoped.html (801 words)

	Legal Drinking Age
		Ruth Clifford Engs of Indiana University, an internationally-known health educator and alcohol researcher, believes that the minimum drinking age of 21 in the US is too high.
		The problem of identifying the optimum drinking age to reduce alcohol abuse is likely to continue.
		The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 required all states to raise their minimum purchase and public possession of alcohol age to 21.
	www2.potsdam.edu /hansondj/LegalDrinkingAge.html (655 words)

	AMA (Alcohol) Minimum legal drinking age
		With evidence that a lower drinking age resulted in more traffic injuries and fatalities among youth, citizen advocacy groups pressured states to restore the MLDA to 21.
		A higher minimum legal drinking age is effective in preventing alcohol-related deaths and injuries among youth.
		However, drinking and driving among youth may not be as great a problem in Europe as in the U.S. Compared to their American counterparts, European youth must be older to obtain their drivers' licenses, are less likely to have a car, and are more inclined to use public transportation (Wagenaar, 1993).
	www.ama-assn.org /ama/pub/category/13246.html (887 words)

	Undergraduate Library -Library Resources on the Drinking Age (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Some believe that the drinking age should be lowered to 18 because an 18 year old is considered an adult in all other aspects of the law.
		They are able to vote, join the military, adopt children, pilot an airplane, etc. Supporters of a "21" drinking age cite the lower instances of fatal accidents involving young drivers and alcohol as the reason to keep the current age limit.
		Some of the entries include descriptions of the drinking age in various cultures and the ways in which young people are introduced to alcohol.
	www.library.uiuc.edu /ugl/subjects/drinkingage.html (971 words)

	Alcohol Use by Persons Under the Legal Drinking Age of 21 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Rates roughly doubled from age 12 (2.6 percent) to age 13 (6.1 percent), from age 13 to age 14 (11.7 percent), and from age 14 to age 15 (21.5 percent).
		Full–time undergraduates aged 18 to 20 were significantly more likely to have used alcohol in the past month or to have engaged in binge alcohol use in the past month compared with their counterparts who were not in college full time.
		Nearly 3 million persons aged 12 to 20 were classified as meeting criteria for alcohol dependence or abuse in the past 12 months, based on the numbers of alcohol–related problems they experienced in that period (Figure 9).
	www.oas.samhsa.gov /2k3/UnderageDrinking/UnderageDrinking.htm (2077 words)

	Drinking & you - Alcohol and young people
		Their lack of 'binge' culture is often explained by the Mediterranean lifestyle whereby alcohol is introduced at mealtimes and by the drinking environment which revolves around family meals, cafes and restaurants rather than bars and clubs.
		If you drink alcohol at home, your children are bound to ask questions at an early age about what you are drinking and what it tastes like.
		While the legal drinking age is 21 in all states, the legal details vary.
	www.drinkingandyou.com /site/us/child.htm (1049 words)

	Binge Drinking Is Age-Related Phenomenon - CME Teaching Brief® - MedPage Today
		Note for counseling purposes that all young adults ages 18 to 24 are at a high risk for alcohol misuse, including binge drinking and drunkenness.
		College students start heavy drinking later than those who don't go to college, whose habits of alcohol abuse are already ingrained in high school.
		In their study comparing young adults who went to college with those who did not, they found that men with only a high school education were 91% more likely to have greater alcohol consumption than college students in high school.
	www.medpagetoday.com /Psychiatry/Addictions/tb/2331 (949 words)

	Reactance Theory: ignoring drinking age laws - Dr. Ruth Engs
		Drinking among college students has been traditional for decades regardless of the legal status of their alcohol consumption, and past research has shown that a large proportion of collegians drink (10).
		Because it is well-established that younger students are less likely to drink than are older students, it is assumed that any change in that pattern would be a result of the recent legislation.
		Drinking is traditionally seen as important to college life; many activities are focused around drinking.
	www.indiana.edu /~engs/articles/react.html (1403 words)

	Bill Would Lower GI Drinking Age to 18
		WASHINGTON — A New Hampshire lawmaker wants to lower the drinking age for active-duty military members to 18, making New Hampshire the second state to consider such Legislation this year.
		Pettis had crafted the $10 fine as a way to skirt federal drinking age minimums but still protect the state’s more than $50 million in federal highway funds, which could have been revoked if the federal age minimum of 21 was repealed even in part.
		Splaine, who did not serve in the military, was the primary sponsor of the bill which raised New Hampshire’s drinking age to 21 in the early 1980s.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,81552,00.html?ESRC=airforce-a.nl (588 words)

	Addressing the Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA)
		Full-time college students on average drink more heavily than their non-college peers [11], and are heavily targeted by alcohol advertising and local bar promotions as a prized market for the alcoholic-beverage industry.
		Despite the call by some university administrators to lower the drinking age (thus relieving them of enforcement responsibilities), there is no evidence that there were fewer campus alcohol problems when lower drinking ages were in effect.
		From 1979 to 1984, the suicide rate was 9.7% greater among young people who could legally drink alcohol than among their peers who could not.
	www.alcoholpolicymd.com /press_room/Media_kits/sb_addressing.htm (2637 words)

	Wisconsin To Change Legal Age To 19 For Drinking Alcohol - s5000.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I use the 8 year old age as a point of reference, not that I believe any 8 year olds should be allowed to drink.
		In fact most of the drinking done by underage individuals is done while driving around in their cars.
		In fact I believe that there is more binge drinking that goes on at private parties because they go there with a fifth in their hands.
	www.s5000.com /what_the_huck/848/teen_drinking_age.php (1455 words)

	National drinking age of 21 successful, popular (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Underage drinking by girls is increasing in some age groups as well, according to public safety advocates.
		Binge drinking is a particular challenge for college administrators, and some believe that they could better tackle the problem if the drinking age were lowered to 18.
		Twenty-nine states lowered their drinking ages to 18 between 1970 and 1975, but many soon witnessed an increase in alcohol-related traffic accidents.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05197/538834.stm (1097 words)

	Underage Drinking Laws (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of1984 required all states to raise their minimum purchase and public possession of alcohol age to 21.
		These laws have greater impact over the years as the drinking age in the states has increased, affecting more drivers aged 18 to 20.
		It is illegal to misrepresent the age of a person under 21 years of age to a licensed seller in order to obtain alcoholic beverages for that person.
	www.mudpc.org /laws.html (1132 words)

	Lessons From the Drinking Age
		Until 1971 the legal minimum voting age was 21 and many states maintained age 21 as their legal drinking age.
		It was not until the Vietnam War with the unpopular, forcible draft of disenfranchised 18-year-olds, that the age to vote in the U.S. was shifted downward to 18 by the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
		Clearly, not all of this effect was due to increasing the legal drinking age.
	www.tobacco21.org /lessons (802 words)

	Minnimun Drinking Age
		The 1978 National Study of Adolescent Drinking Behavior found that 10th - 12th graders in states with lower drinking ages drank significantly more, were less likely to abstain from alcohol, and were drunk more often than students in states with a drinking age of 21.
		Of those who begin drinking at age-18, 16.6% subsequently are classified with alcohol dependence and 7.8% with alcohol abuse.
		In Australia, lowering the drinking age was associated with an increase of 20% to 25% in cases of male delinquency.
	www.winternet.com /~martinez/AATdrinkingage.html (1190 words)

	Drinking age to 18 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The representative who introduced the bill to lower the drinking age to 18, will be introducing a different bill to allow teens to drink with their parents when they are at home and in private establishments such as bars, clubs, and restaurants.
		If you are philosophically supportive of lowering the drinking age because it is age discrimination, because you believe it will help reduce alcohol abuse, or for some other reason, but you are concerned about the state losing 10 million dollars in federal highway funds, then read on...
		Since the drinking age was raised in 1987, high school junior and senior alcohol use has only been reduced by a few percentage points, while at the same time drinking use among 8th graders has increased 17 percent.
	forum.soulawakenings.com /index.php?topic=126.15 (2702 words)

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