CSPI: Fact Sheet

of Drinking Age Laws. LOWER THE DRINKING AGE. KEEP THE DRINKING AGE AT 21 ... Lowering the drinking age should not be up for debate. Teenagers who drink are not only a danger to themselves, but to others as well, especially when ... Lower Drinking Age for Military Personnel Proposed. Friday, Dec 28, 2007 - 06:17 PM. Photo. Video. Lawmaker wants drinking age lowered for military ... Maybe the answer is lowering the drinking age so that kids learn to be responsible about drinking at younger age. I'm not an advocate of trying to get ... The bill creates an exemption to the legal minimum drinking age of 21, lowering it to 19 for members of the military who reside in Wisconsin. ... Police districts provided feedback on the perceived effects

of lowering the drinking age (New Zealand Police, Office of the Commissioner 2003a). ... One Wisconsin lawmaker figures if the US military trusts 19-year-olds with a $10 million tank, then the state should trust them with a beer. Ruth C. Engs. "Should the drinking age be lowered to 18 or 19". ... lower speed limits, free taxi services from drinking establishments, etc. ... We already did the experiment of lowering the drinking age [in the 1970s], and traffic crashes went up, says Ralph Hingson of the National Institute on ... 18-year-olds can vote, go to war, get married, adopt children, sign legal documents, etc. So why

can't they sit down and have a beer? One of the more influential proponents of lowering the drinking age is Dr. Ruth ... Dr. Engs, could you explain your proposal to lower the drinking age? ... US campaign to lower drinking age. Posted by outnleftfield on Sunday Dec 30 | Bookmark and Share. ELEANOR HALL: As authorities in Australia worry about ... Jeff Rainforth, candidate for US Congress,

supports lowering drinking age to 18 - June 15, 2002; NYRA president trounces MADD in nationwide CNN drinking age ... Smith, DI and PW Burvill, Effect on Juvenile Crime of Lowering the Drinking

Age in Three Australian States, British Journal of Addiction, 83:181-188, ... On occasion I commit the evil deed of