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Question: Why is the drinking age 21 in the U.S. but 18 in other countries?
Answer: Between 1970 and 1975 many states did lower the minimum drinking age to 18 -20. Then research was done on the impact the lower drinking age had on society (primarily traffic accidents & deaths). With that research, citizen advocacy groups started urging changes to the law that would raise the age one could drink legally. In 1984, the federal government enacted the Uniform Drinking Act which mandated reduced federal transportation funds to those states that did not raise the minimum legal drinking age to 21. Since then, all states raised their drinking age (AMA website 9/03/06.)
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On 01/29/07
James from AZ said:
I don't believe that the higher drinking age helps at all, If anything I believe that the driving age should be raised to 18 and the drinking age to be lowered to 16. People should know what alcohol does to them BEFORE they learn how to drive, rather than after. Also, having an older drinking age(when most people are in college) I believe promotes binge drinking, due to the fact that there is peer pressure. Either way the people that want to drink are going to drink, no matter their age.
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On 01/06/07
Maddie from AL said:
i think its stupid that you can fight for your country (ie go to iraq) but still not be able to go to a bar and have a beer. it is stupid
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On 12/05/06
isabel from NH said:
lowering the drinking age will cause more deaths and injuries not only to the people that are drunk and driving but also to innocent people that were not drinking. i personaly dont think that those people should be dead or hurt.
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On 09/14/06
joe from CO said:
i think thats dunb we should beable to drink
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