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This week's topic:
Should the American minimum drinking age be reduced? What age would be appropriate?
YES		NO
Morris E. Chafetz, MD: National Institute for Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse Whether we like it or not, alcohol is woven into the fabric of our world, most of which has determined that the legal drinking age should be 18 -- or lower. And so far as I can tell, there is no evidence of massive brain impairment, alcohol dependency, or underage alcohol abuse, which the "experts" tell us will be the inevitable result of lowering the age in the United States.		US Department of Health and Human Services: Task Force of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholics The minimum age for initiation is based on specific behaviors involved and must take into account the dangers and benefits of that behavior at a given age. The age 21 policy for alcohol takes into account the fact that underage drinking is related to numerous serious health problems, including injuries and death resulting from car crashes, suicide, homicide, assault, drowning, and recreational injuries.

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