Chancellor Kirwan of the University System of Maryland and other higher education officials spoke out today to re-open the conversation about the current drinking age, covered by an article in The Sun. Presidents and others are working together through the Amethyst Initiative to encourage a new conversation about alcohol consumption. The initiative contends that the raised drinking age has brought about a culture of "binge-drinking," particularly on college campuses.
The following administrators in Maryland have signed onto the Initiative:
Chancellor William E. Kirwan, University System of Maryland
President C.D. Mote Jr., University of Maryland--College Park
President Robert Caret, Towson University
President Jennifer Hunter-Cevera, University of Maryland-Biotechnology Institute
President Mary Pat Seurkamp, College of Notre Dame of Maryland
President William Brody, Johns Hopkins University
President L. Baird Tipson, Washington College
(click here for a full list of signtories)
How do you feel on this issue? Would lowering the drinking age decrease binge-drinking on your campus? Do you feel like students safely drink on your campus? How do laws and campus-policies affect drinking patterns at your college?
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7 comments:
stupidest idea ever. people are gonna binge whether it's legal or not.
Since the 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act, the number of intoxicated underage drivers involved in fatal crashes has decreased by over 14%. Making it easier for the population of under 21 to get a hold of alcohol by lowering the drinking age would seem to backfire in terms of driving under the influence.
In terms of binge drinking, European countries traditionally allow their youth to drink at a much younger age. However, they show much higher rates of underage binge drinking.
The cost and consequences to our society, specifically to UMBC, seems as though it would be much more with a lower drinking age than it already is!
We need to think beyond the single issue of alcohol consumption at 18 years old. In my opinion, we should lower the age to drink alcohol to 16-18 years old, while at the same time raising the age to drive to 21. There won't be drunk driving accidents if those kids can't drive. College campuses will have a more involved student life and local economies will improve.
Think about it, the worst drivers that you see on the road are people 16-20 and 65 and above. Let's get rid of one of those demographics from the road.
Let people drink, but don't allow them to drive. Also, tax the alcohol even more and help to lower or maintain tuition costs. Brilliant!
This plan makes sense from a civic perspective, but I can't get past a little bitterness that I had to wait three extra years to take my first legal sip.
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