- Underage Drinking and the Drinking Age
In 1984, Congress passed the Uniform Drinking Age Act, which required states to have a minimum drinking age of 21 for all types of alcohol consumption if they wanted to receive federal highway monies
- Underage Drinking and the Drinking Age - Hoover Institution
In 2008, John McCardell, president emeritus of Middlebury College, began to circulate for signature a public statement among colleagues titled “The Amethyst Initiative,” 1 which calls for elected officials to reexamine underage drinking laws
- Drinking Age | Pros, Cons, Debate, Arguments, Alcohol, Adult, Minors . . .
The enactment of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 forced states to raise their legal age for purchase or public possession of alcohol to 21 or risk losing millions in federal highway funds
- Lowering the Drinking Age - C-SPAN. org
John McCardell, president emeritus of Middlebury College, talked about the effectiveness of The National Minimum Legal Drinking Age Act
- The Over Under: A Back-Story Behind the Drinking Age Debate
McCardell believes that alcohol is a fixture in the lives of young people and suggests, instead of trying to outlaw it, America should consider policies that will "empower" eighteen- to twenty-year-olds to make mature decisions about it
- Should the U. S. lower its drinking age? - CNN
Thirty years ago this week, Congress passed a bill that effectively raised the national drinking age to 21 Despite subsequent efforts to lower it in some states – and the fact that most
- This Ex-College President Thinks We Should Revisit The Drinking Age . . .
Alcohol policy is a state, not a federal, responsibility, which is why Prohibition required a constitutional amendment The feds get around this by penalizing any state setting its age
- States weighing lower age to drink - Chicago Tribune
McCardell has said Congress should grant waivers so select states would not lose their highway funding while they lower the drinking age to determine whether such proposals can help
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