Alcohol: Alcohol advertising targets youth
Did you know that by the time a boy is 12 years old, he knows what kind of beer he likes, even though he doesn’t drink?
Debate on lower drinking age bubbling up
Alex Johnson
“Raising the drinking age to 21 was passed with the very best of intentions, but it’s had the very worst of outcomes,” said David J. Hanson, an alcohol policy expert at the State University of New York-Potsdam. “Just like during national Prohibition, the law has pushed and forced underage drinking and youthful drinking underground, where we have no control over it.”
As it happens, there is no such thing as a “federal legal drinking age.” Many states do not expressly prohibit minors from drinking alcohol, although most of those do set certain conditions, such as its use in a religious ceremony or in the presence of a parent or other guardian.
Under 21 may not possess or consume alcohol.
By LeAnn R. Ralph