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• Teens don’t know moderation

• Why do they Binge Drink? (peers)

• Teach youth how to drink Responsibly

• Hold them accountable as we do with driving

• The Federal Uniform Drinking Age Act, signed into law in 1984, provides for withholding 10% of Federal highway funds from States that do not prohibit the purchase or public possession of any alcoholic beverage by a person who is less than 21 years of age.   This Act effectively raised the national minimum legal drinking age to 21, as all States ultimately complied.   While it is illegal to sell alcohol to persons under 21 in all States, State laws vary widely with respect to specifics about possession and conditions under which consumption might be permissible (e.g. with parents).

• http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/AboutNIAAA/NIAAASponsoredPrograms/Pages/drinkingage.aspx

• Not allowing teens to drink in Bars, Restaurants and public locations forces them to drink in unsafe places.

• Fraternities and house parties.• Injuries; fear of legal action• Lowering MLDA would allow teens to drink

in safer supervised environments.• QUESTION: How many states allow

underage drinking?

• Most U.S. states allow underage drinking.

• On private, non alcohol selling premises.

• 29 with parental consent

• 7 without consent:• CA, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, N.J., OK, WY.

• CALIFORNIA• BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE• SECTION 25657-25666.5

www.alcoholpolicy.niaaa.nih.gov

http://www.alcoholpolicy.niaaa.nih.gov/Prohibitions_Against_Hosting_Underage_Drinking_Parties.html?tab=maps

Parents are not involved in teens Drinking

Lowering MLDA can provide safe places for

teens to drink

We cannot simply tell them no when it does not work already.

Traffic Fatalities

•Increased Traffic Fatalities when MLDA was lowered but depending on many factors:

- Conditions of Roads

- Driving Laws

- Year/Time period

- Age of the driver

- Safety of vehicle

- Individual Safety

- Enforcement

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• “Equalizing” MLDA

“…little attention has been paid to the fact that the National Minimum Drinking Age Act also served to equalize drinking ages across most localities in the country.” (Lovenheim and Slemrod, 2009)

• Teens underage would travel to states with lower MLDA

• 1988, only year when MDLA was finally nationalized

• Drinking Across the border causes implications

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MLDA Increased 1977 to 1988

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• Teens don’t know moderation

• Why do they Binge Drink? (peers)

• Teach youth how to drink Responsibly

• Hold them accountable as we do with driving

• The Federal Uniform Drinking Age Act, signed into law in 1984, provides for withholding 10% of Federal highway funds from States that do not prohibit the purchase or public possession of any alcoholic beverage by a person who is less than 21 years of age.   This Act effectively raised the national minimum legal drinking age to 21, as all States ultimately complied.   While it is illegal to sell alcohol to persons under 21 in all States, State laws vary widely with respect to specifics about possession and conditions under which consumption might be permissible (e.g. with parents).

• http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/AboutNIAAA/NIAAASponsoredPrograms/Pages/drinkingage.aspx

• Not allowing teens to drink in Bars, Restaurants and public locations forces them to drink in unsafe places.

• Fraternities and house parties.• Injuries; fear of legal action• Lowering MLDA would allow teens to drink

in safer supervised environments.• QUESTION: How many states allow

underage drinking?

• Most U.S. states allow underage drinking.

• On private, non alcohol selling premises.

• 29 with parental consent

• 7 without consent:• CA, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, N.J., OK, WY.

• CALIFORNIA• BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE• SECTION 25657-25666.5

www.alcoholpolicy.niaaa.nih.gov

http://www.alcoholpolicy.niaaa.nih.gov/Prohibitions_Against_Hosting_Underage_Drinking_Parties.html?tab=maps

Parents are not involved in teens Drinking

Lowering MLDA can provide safe places for

teens to drink

We cannot simply tell them no when it does not work already.