Lower drinking ages can have an impact on later drinking patterns
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 22:00
in Health & Medicine
Lower minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) laws have been associated with short-term effects such as more traffic fatalities and teen suicides. A new study has investigated the long-term and persistent effects of permissive MLDA laws. Findings support an association with problematic drinking behaviors that persist into later adulthood, such as more frequent binge episodes.