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Rethinking the Drinking Age
Since the federal government forced states to set the drinking age at 21, fatalities caused by underage drunk drivers have gone down but binge drinking by teenagers has gone up. Now, 120 college presidents want to reduce the drinking age to 18. Also, LA City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and the FBI.
By Warren Olney • • 30m ListenSince the federal government forced states to set the drinking age at 21, fatalities caused by underage drunk drivers have gone down but binge drinking by teenagers has gone up. Now, 120 college presidents want to reduce the drinking age to 18, when kids can vote or join the military. On Reporter's Notebook, LA City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and the FBI.
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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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