Thursday, August 21, 2008
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The Capital - Our Say: Group of college presidents wrong about drinking age

Perhaps we’re not qualified to second-guess the logic of the average university president, let alone about 100 of them. But we can’t endorse the argument about underage drinking being advanced by the presidents, including the leaders of some top Maryland institutions, who have banded together in an effort dubbed the Amethyst Initiative.

Twenty-four years ago, Congress coerced the states into raising their drinking ages to 21, by passing legislation cutting federal highway funds for any holdouts. Since then, according to virtually every study we’ve ever seen or read about, drunken driving by college-aged youth has declined.

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