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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Is It Time to Change the Legal Drinking Age?

    The acting Surgeon General of the United States says the drinking on college campuses is not the harmless rite of passage it used to be, but the cause of hundreds of thousands of injuries, rapes, other assaults and deaths. Now 120 college presidents want to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18—when kids can vote or join the military.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The acting Surgeon General of the United States says the drinking on college campuses is not the harmless rite of passage it used to be, but the cause of hundreds of thousands of injuries, rapes, other assaults and deaths. Now 120 college presidents want to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18—when kids can vote or join the military.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Karen Radziner

      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      John McCardell

      University of the South

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      Barbara Harsha

      Executive Director of the Governors Highway Safety Association

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Rethinking the Drinking Age
    1. 0:00Are the Feds After Delgadillo or Not?
    2. 0:00Southern Californian Swimmers Medal at the Olympics
    3. 0:00Is It Time to Change the Legal Drinking Age?You’re reading this
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