Wechsler, Henry, and Toben F. Nelson. "Will Increasing Alcohol Availability by Lowering the Minimum Legal..." American Journal of Public Health Vol. 100, No. 6. Jun 2010: 986-992. SIRS Researcher. Web. 25 Sep 2010.
My notes:
- The drinking age is at 21 but legal debates are being sought to bring the drinking age down to 18 (1)
- "A wide range of empirically supported interventions is available to reduce underage drinking."(1)
- The legal drinking age in the United States has been 21 since 1984 (2)
- "Alcohol consumption is the third leading actual cause of death in the United states, a major contributing factor to unintentional injuries, the leading cause of death for youths and young adults, and accounts for an estimated 75,000 or more total deaths in the United States annually." (2)
- Alcohol has been associated with health and social consequences such as physical and sexual assault, STIs, violence and vandalism, unintended pregnancy, overdose and many others (2)
- "Drinking alcohol most commonly begins during adolescence and early initiation of alcohol use is associated with alcohol problems in adulthood." (2)
- College students re drinking more regularly than older adolescents and young adults (3)
- "College students are heavy drinkers as a group, but drinking behavior varies widely by college." (3)
- Heavy drinkers in college were likely to have been in high school as well (3)
- The minimal drinking age change has been one of the most studied alcohol-policy out there (4)
- The drinking age being 21 has saved more then 800 lives annually for young adults (4)
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