Research Findings on College Drinking and the Minimum Legal Drinking Age
February 27, 2009, 4:03 pm
College drinking has been a frustratingly persistent problem on America's campuses. The tradition of drinking on and around campus is strong, and despite efforts to curtail the behavior, the majority of students-both underage and of age-drink, many of them heavily. The negative consequences of alcohol consumption by our Nation's college students are wide-ranging; they include academic problems, date rapes and assaults, and deaths from unintentional injuries and alcohol poisonings. Clearly, these consequences affect both drinkers and those around them. Click here to view findings.