Should the legal drinking age be lowered?
By: Stefan Kiesbye, book editor.
Contributors: Kiesbye, Stefan.
Series: At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780737739343; 9780737739350
Subjects: Teenagers -- Alcohol use -- United States; Alcoholism -- United States; Drinking age -- Law and legislation -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Alcohol use in 20th century America / Mack P. Holt; title: Alcohol use by underage youth / National Household Survey of Drug Abuse; title: The legal drinking age is outdated / John J. Miller; title: Arguments for lowering the legal drinking age are not valid / AlcoholPolicyMD.com; title: The legal drinking age exacerbates underage drinking / Friar Dennis Tamburello; title: A drinking permit should replace the minimum legal drinking age / David J. Hanson, Dwight B. Heath, and Joel S. Rudy; title: Young adults should be taught responsible drinking / Stanton Peele; title: Cultural exposure to alcohol does not lead to responsible drinking / Coalition for a Safe and Drug-free Nevada; title: Education and police and community support are necessary for a lower drinking age / Ralph DiMatteo; title: Lowering the legal drinking age will reduce alcohol's allure / Ruth Ann Dailey; title: Adults who undermine the legal drinking age should be punished / Rebecca Kanable; title: Early alcohol consumption puts youth at risk for further abuse / Stuart Copans, Jean Kinney, Todd Wilk Estroff; title: Teenage party trips encourage underage drinking / Tamara Jones; title: Teenage driving is as dangerous as teenage drinking / Anna Quindlen.