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College Presidents Back Lower Drinking Age
College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws encourage dangerous binge drinking. Mothers Against Drunk Driving says lowering the drinking age would lead to more fatal car crashes. It accuses the presidents of misrepresenting science and looking for an easy way out of an inconvenient problem.
SOURCE: Associated Press
IN FACT {vbar} The movement, called the Amethyst Initiative, began recruiting the presidents more than a year ago to encourage national debate about the drinking age.
