Should the legal drinking age be lowered?
By: Stefan Kiesbye, book editor.
Contributors: Kiesbye, Stefan.
Series: At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press; Gale/Cengage Learning
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 103
ISBN-13: 9780737739343; 9780737739350
Subjects: Teenagers -- Alcohol use -- United States.; Alcoholism -- United States.; Drinking age -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-99) and index.
Table of contents: value: Alcohol use in twentieth-century America / Mack P. Holt; value: Alcohol use by underage youth / National Household Survey of Drug Abuse; value: The legal drinking age is outdated / John J. Miller; value: Arguments for lowering the legal drinking age are not valid / AlcoholPolicyMD.com; value: The legal drinking age exacerbates underage drinking / Friar Dennis Tamburello; value: A drinking permit should replace the minimum legal drinking age / David J. Hanson, Dwight B. Heath, and Joel S. Rudy; value: Young adults should be taught responsible drinking / Stanton Peele; value: Cultural exposure to alcohol does not lead to responsible drinking / Coalition for a Safe and Drug-free Nevada; value: Education and police and community support are necessary for a lower drinking age / Ralph DiMatteo; value: Lowering the legal drinking age will reduce alcohol's allure / Ruth Ann Dailey; value: Adults who undermine the legal drinking age should be punished / Rebecca Kanable; value: Early alcohol consumption puts youth at risk for further abuse / Stuart Copans, Jean Kinney, Todd Wilk Estroff; value: Teenage party trips encourage underage drinking / Tamara Jones; value: Teenage driving is as dangerous as teenage drinking / Anna Quindlen.