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College Presidents Want Lower Drinking Age

Submitted by Walter F. WOuk, Aug 19, 2008 10:34

There is no evidence to support Mothers Against Drunk Driving's claim that allowing 18, 19 and 20-year old adults to legally consume alcohol will result in more fatal car crashes. The fact is most traffic fatalities don't involve any alcohol at all. The majority of alcohol-related traffic deaths occur when other important causal factors are present, such as using a cell phone, fatigue, inexperience in driving, road rage, speeding, poorly lit roads, and failure to use safety belts.


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I am currently a college student in NYC. What many people don't realize is that students are doing FAR more... [MORE]

Anthony

Sep 28, 2008 20:19

Research has shown the lower the drinking the age the earlier kids start drinking. An important book to read on... [MORE]

Maureen Calmes

Sep 2, 2008 14:09

18 year olds are already drinking. College Presidents can't figure out how to run a football league - when they... [MORE]

R. Schumacher

Aug 26, 2008 19:42

Let's just raise the age of joining army to 21, then we can settle this once and for all. [MORE]

J J Jones

Aug 24, 2008 18:42

If young people can vote, be sent to fight wars and be prosecuted in our legal system as an adult,... [MORE]

blackbird21

Aug 23, 2008 13:14

We can send 18 year olds off to foreign lands to potentially die. We can by cigarettes which are going... [MORE]

trevor

Aug 20, 2008 17:41

The alcohol that is being consumed on college campuses is hard liquor, not beer. Students are "pre-gaming" before they go... [MORE]

Kim

Aug 20, 2008 08:35

Maybe they should tie it to high school graduation. Proof of age 18 and proof of high school graduation and... [MORE]

benji

Aug 19, 2008 23:25

This is another one of those laws like segregation, women's voting, etc. that's just silly and outdated. Of course we'll... [MORE]

Sweet Nectar

Aug 19, 2008 14:59

MADD should run shuttles to and from parties if they want to discourage drunk driving. When drinking is punished, it... [MORE]

Joel

Aug 19, 2008 14:11

I have three boys in their early 20s. Here is what I have told them about drinking (we never let... [MORE]

ray

Aug 19, 2008 14:09

By lowering the age, you have more young people having their first alcohol experiences while still living at home, under... [MORE]

Branden Mann

Aug 19, 2008 13:19

SRLucado wrote "Let's see...Academics claim that stricter laws against drinking have failed, so they now want to ease up on... [MORE]

Craig

Aug 19, 2008 12:22

There is no evidence to support Mothers Against Drunk Driving's claim that allowing 18, 19 and 20-year old adults to...

Walter F. WOuk

Aug 19, 2008 10:34

I think a consideration for college administrators is revenue. Back in the early 80s when the drinking age was lower... [MORE]

Mattsky

Aug 19, 2008 09:22

Let's see...Academics claim that stricter laws against drinking have failed, so they now want to ease up on the restrictions.... [MORE]

SRLucado

Aug 19, 2008 09:11

May make sense to lower legal age a service establishments but not package stores. [MORE]

edh

Aug 18, 2008 22:20

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