Support for 21 Minimum Drinking Age Law and Underage Drinking Prevention

 

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          Fact Sheets

• Underage Drinking Fact Sheet
• 21 Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) and 21 Coalition Fact Sheet
• Alcohol Related Traffic Deaths Fact Sheet from the National Institutes of Health
• Facts About Underage Drinking from the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence

        Media Materials

• Support 21 Coalition News Conference Press Release – Oct. 9, 2007

        Research and Resources

• 21 Minimum Legal Drinking Age Questions and Answers
• Center for Science in the Public Interest Support Statement  
• Effects of Minimum Drinking Age Laws: Review and Analyses of the Literature from 1960 to 2000 (University of Minnesota – Wagenaar and Toomey)
• Youth Drinking Rates and Problems: A Comparison of European Countries and the United States (OJJDP)
• The Neurocognitive Effects of Alcohol on Adolescents and College Students (for Council on Scientific Affairs and AMA)
• Why21.org

          Charts 

• Cumulative Lives Saved by Minimum Drinking Age Laws
• Public Opinion on Lowering National Drinking Age to 18
• Percent of 12th Graders Who Binge Drink (within the past two weeks)
• Percent of 12th Graders Who Use Alcohol Daily
• Under 21 Drinking Drivers in Fatal Crashes