Underage Drinking Still a Problem Despite Changes in Law
On behalf of The Law Office of Jason A. Korner posted in Underage Drinking on Friday, July 25, 2014. Think back to the mid-1980s, when the National Minimum Drinking Age Act essentially required that all states raise the minimum age for drinking to 21. Should we still be supporting that piece of legislation? Experts in Missouri and other states say, "maybe not." Even though the law was designed to protect teens from fatal vehicle accidents -- and drunk driving charges -- it seems to have had an unintended effect. That is, more underage drinking is occurring than ever before,...
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