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Because 18yr olds have immature frontal lobes that can not regulate alcohol intake.  The frontal lobe does not start maturing until age 21 and doesn't completely mature until age 25.  Binge drinking between ages 18-25 does affect your front lobes growth and maturity.  Adolescent drinking also affects other parts of their growing brains that does not affect an adult.  Adolescents also do not have the sedation affects of alcohol that adults have.  This is why, in addition to an immature frontal lobe, causes 8 in 10 kids under the age of 21 to binge drink.

[b]When Reagan Signed the FEDERAL law for minimum age of 21:[/b]

The law came into being to solve a serious public health problem.

Before the minimum drinking age law, 16- to 20-year-olds were the most common drunken drivers.

When the drinking age was raised, the number of fatal crashes involving a young driver dropped significantly, from 61% in 1982 to 31% in 1995. It went down more for that age group than any older age group.

Is that enough for now?  I have more if needed.....
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But 18-year-olds vote with their immature frontal lobes. And sign contracts with their immature frontal lobes. And kill people in the name of the American people with fingers guided by their immature frontal lobes. All of this is ok -- just drinking with their immature frontal lobes is not. Why?

And yes, drunk driving is a serious public health problem. But why is the solution saying, "18-20-year-olds may not legally drink"? Why isn't it "18-21-year-olds may not legally drive"? or "Anybody who drives drunk loses their driver's license for life" or any number of other possible policies that specifically address drunk driving?

As for "8 in 10 kids under 21 binge drink" -- citation, please?[/quote]

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