The paper will help support efforts to raise the minimum drinking age. On July 17, 1984, President Reagan signed legislation encouraging States to establish a minimum drinking age of 21. This law, which withholds a portion of highway construction funds for States who do not enact such a law by October 1, 1986, is seen by the President as 'one simple measure that will save thousands of young lives' and will 'take the battle to stop drunken driving one crucial step further.' A major reason that the President signed the law, after a great deal of thought, was the need to eliminate the continuing cross border problem--where our youth can drive from one State with a lower drinking age and purchase alcoholic beverages otherwise prohibited to them. Some of these youth drink to excess and then drive back into their home State -- tragically killing themselves or other innocent victims. Although an age 21 law will not solve the nation's alcohol-related driving problem, it can save hundreds of lives yearly.


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    Titel :

    Drinking Age 21: Facts, Myths and Fictions


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1985


    Format / Umfang :

    29 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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