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Retired Massachusetts high school teacher Ann Marie Gagne recounted witnessing the proliferation of alcohol first-hand in the 1970s. The situation deteriorated to the point that one high-school senior “showed up for school so drunk that he couldn’t get out of his car...
The United States is almost alone in the world with its high MLDA. As has been seen, however, America would not respond well to foreign countries’ rules after forging a drinking culture based on limiting drinking to 21 and over. For one, Americans drive more and therefore suffer...
Safe drinking environments would also be more elusive than one would hope under a lower MLDA. The “safe” environments of legal drinkers—bars and clubs— are really not so safe for the impaired. Even if the government allows a student to...
Furthermore, spillover creates another problem. Younger brains are still developing and thus at higher risk from alcohol. Drinking from an early age can even inhibit the brain’s neurological defense against alcoholism. Unsurprisingly, then, those who start drinking before age 15 are four times more likely to display...
Those for a lower MLDA are bound to raise some good points. Still, all the good points in the world cannot refute the fact that the United States’ experiment with an 18-year-old drinking age did not work. Experience, science, and logic all overwhelmingly illustrate that an...