Zero tolerance, zero effect
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 17:07
in Health & Medicine
HUNTSVILLE, TX -- As college administrators, social scientists and law enforcement officials across the country continue to debate whether the drinking age should be 18 instead of 21, a Sam Houston State University economist challenges a related law: the "zero tolerance" policy. Darren Grant says zero tolerance laws have zero effect. In a paper forthcoming in the journ