Underage drinking laws reduce fatal accidents, saving 732 lives per year
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 17:21
in Health & Medicine
State laws that prohibit people under the age of 21 from purchasing or possessing alcohol, and from driving with any alcohol in their system save 732 lives a year in the United States, according to a study released today that has examined 23 years of research on the subject. The study further shows that if every state adopted 'use and lose' laws -suspending the license of anyone under 21 cited for possession, consumption or attempt to purchase alcohol -an additional 165 lives would be saved.