Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Lower Drinking Age Opposed by Experts


By William Wan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 24, 2008; Page B04

With some of the nation's most prominent college leaders suggesting that the nation's drinking age be lowered, a group of researchers and safety experts told Maryland lawmakers yesterday that younger drinkers would bring more accidents and deaths.

The experts told members of a special House of Delegates committee on drug and alcohol abuse holding a hearing on underage drinking that not only should the drinking age remain 21, but that legislators should consider even tougher penalties for teenagers who break the law.
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