“”One of the people who was instrumental in pushing for laws to increase the legal drinking age to 21 now calls his actions “the single most regrettable decision” of his career…
“Legal Age 21 has not worked,” Chafetz said… “To be sure, drunk driving fatalities are lower now than they were in 1982. But they are lower in all age groups. And they have declined just as much in Canada, where the age is 18 or 19, as they have in the United States.”
Chafetz said the law instead has resulted in “collateral, off-road damage” such as binge drinking that occurs in underage youth and crimes like date rape, assaults and property damage.
Soft Prohibition | Slog | The Stranger
I think this guy was on Fresh Air a while back. He makes a pretty convincing argument, but then again, I’m already in favor of moving the drinking age back.
