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: TalkLeftStates Consider Lowering Drinking Age
By Jeralyn
The Chicago Tribune today reports that more states are considering lowering the drinking age to 18 or 19. Discussions have been taking place in Vermont, New Hampshire, Missouri, South Carolina and Wisconsin.
Here's a graphic of where the states stood in 1984 before the feds passed a law requiring the age to be 21.
When I turned 18 (in New York)the drinking age was 18. It seemed ridiculous to me that the states raised it. Here's more. What do you think? Take our poll below.
Full post as published by TalkLeft on March 08, 2008 (boomark / email).
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