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The Drinking Age Myth

by John Stossel

There's a myth in this country that the drinking age is 21. But that's only the legal age. The fact that government says you can't drink before 21 does not mean younger people don't drink.

More than 100 college presidents understand this, and now they want the minimum drinking age reconsidered (http://tinyurl.com/6kg4kc).

"The 21-year-old drinking age is not working," says the Amethyst Initiative (http://www.amethystinitiative.org/), launched by former Middlebury Colle ...

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Posted by: hannah
Comment: #1
Thu Sep 4, 2008 7:00 AM

Thanks to John and Jacob Sullum for their words of reason! I agree 100% and hope they and others continue to keep this issue of "under-age drinking" in the media spotlight.

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