Should The Drinking Age Be Lowered? Experts Weigh In
- Released On:July 21, 2016
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- WalletHub
The United States has the oldest minimum drinking age of any country where alcohol consumption is legal, at 21 years. In contrast, roughly 61% set their minimum age at 18 or 19 years old – including France, Russia and the United Kingdom – while 12% range from 10 to 17 years old and another 10% have no such restriction, according to the World Health Organization. So is this a sign of superior American judgment or an example of us stubbornly lagging behind much of the global community?
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Subhash C. Pandey PhD
- Joseph A. Flaherty MD, Endowed Professor of Psychiatry
- Director, Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics
- Professor of Biochemistry in Psychiatry
- Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Director, Neuroscience Alcoholism Research
- Senior VA Career Research Scientist
- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Joseph A. Flaherty MD, Endowed Professor of Psychiatry
- Director, Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics
- Professor of Biochemistry in Psychiatry
- Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Director, Neuroscience Alcoholism Research
- Senior VA Career Research Scientist
- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago
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