Science news articles about 'minimum drinking age'

One of the most comprehensive studies on the minimum drinking age shows that laws aimed at preventing consumption of alcohol by those under 21 have significantly reduced drinking-related fatal car ...

... women; Increases the likelihood of women under age 21 having a low-birth weight baby by ... fetal health. Instead, a lower minimum drinking age results in more unplanned pregnancies, which are known ...

... alcohol and apparently has contributed to lower binge drinking rates among those under 18. He ... lower than 21, but our study demonstrates the higher minimum drinking age has been good for public health ...

... he says. "There is a lot of discussion about whether the minimum drinking age should be lowered again. Our findings ... health point of view, lowering the legal drinking age might lead to increased rates ...

... drivers under age 21, increasing the legal minimum drinking age from 19 to 21 ... would come from interventions affecting the level of drinking in general such as brief interventions and increasing alcohol ...