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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Legal Ages for Purchase and Consumption of Alcohol and Heavy Drinking Among College Students in Canada, Europe, and the United States
Substance Abuse, Volume 30, Issue 3 July 2009 , pages 248 - 252

Heavy drinking and associated negative consequences remain a serious problem among college students.

In a secondary analysis of data from two published study, the authors examine the correlation between minimum legal age to purchase and/or consume alcohol and rates of heavy drinking among college students in 22 countries.

Examination of this evidence does not support the conclusion that a lower minimum legal age for purchase and/or consumption of alcoholic beverages is a protective factor for decreasing heavy drinking among college students.


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