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Lower Drinking Ages Can Have an Impact on Later Drinking Patterns

Lower Drinking Ages Can Have an Impact on Later Drinking PatternsFrom Science Daily

Friday, January 25, 2013

Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130122162232.htm
Jan. 22, 2013 — Lower minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) laws have been associated with short-term effects such as a greater number of traffic fatalities and teen suicides. A new study has investigated the long-term and persistent linkages between permissive MLDA laws and specific drinking behaviors such as average alcohol consumption, frequency of drinking, patterns of binge drinking, and moderate drinking. Findings support an association with problematic drinking behaviors that persist into later adulthood, such as more frequent binge episodes.