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The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 had unintended health, safety, and psychological impacts. There was also much speculation on its efficiency.
The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 had unintended health, safety, and psychological impacts. There was also much speculation on its efficiency.
Unintended Impacts
Unintended Impacts
Below a study examines the intended and unintended impacts of the raised MLDA; several unintended impacts were revealed after the law changed public attitude on underaged drinking.
Study: "Examining the Intended and Unintended Impacts of Raising a Minimum Legal Drinking Age on Primary and Secondary Societal Harm and Violence from a Contextual Policy Perspective: A Scooping Review"
Study: "Examining the Intended and Unintended Impacts of Raising a Minimum Legal Drinking Age on Primary and Secondary Societal Harm and Violence from a Contextual Policy Perspective: A Scooping Review"
Research performed in 1999 by Ruud T.J. Roodbeen and colleagues.
Methodology: “Systematic scoping review was conducted in which a search strategy was developed iteratively and literature was obtained from experts in alcohol research and scientific and grey databases.” (Roodbeen, 1999)
“A conceptual model for explaining the impact of raising a minimum legal drinking age (MLDA)” (Roodbeen, 1999). Courtesy of Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
By outlawing alcohol for those under 21, people are prone to drink irresponsibly in unsupervised conditions
By outlawing alcohol for those under 21, people are prone to drink irresponsibly in unsupervised conditions
yt5s.com-Drinking age goes up _ 1986.mp4"Texas and other states raised the age in order to keep federal highway funds. We took a look at how the change was affecting people and businesses in 1986." Courtesy of FOX 7 Austin, 1986
In 2016, Georgia Nugent, former president emerita at Kenyon College, and her colleagues said this about the raised MLDA:
The complete cut off from alcohol until the age of 21 has increased the thrill and desire to drink earlier, rather than normalizing drinking in moderation at a slightly younger age of 18.
The complete cut off from alcohol until the age of 21 has increased the thrill and desire to drink earlier, rather than normalizing drinking in moderation at a slightly younger age of 18.
Failure to Impose the Minimum Drinking Age
“Further, 60% of Americans say the penalties for underage drinking should be made more strict, while 6% say less strict, and 31% say they should remain as they are now” (Carroll, 2007). Courtesy of Gallup
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