Following, Dengenhardt and colleagues’s survey ( 2013, p.1) showed that 52% of boys and 34% of girls between 14 and 15 years reported binge drinking past week of experiment and 90% of male and 70% of female early onset teenage drinkers continued their binge drinking pattern till their young adulthood time.
Consequently, Jennison (2004, p.659) also verified college binge drinkers are more likely to develop one or more alcohol related diagnostic criteria such as alcohol abuse and dependence in post college years compared to non-alcohol drinkers. In line with Jennison’s study, the research (National Center on Addiction and Substance abuse, 2002, cited in Doran et al, 2006, P.1920) depicted that the early starting drinking in adolescent is …show more content…
Several studies done in the U.S which compared the different minimum drinking age in each states. The data (Wechsler and Nelson ,2010, p.989-990) showed that the states which have 21 years minimum legal drinking age had fewer road crashes compared to the states have 18 years minimum legal drinking age. Also 21years minimum legal drinking age leads to lower percentage of alcohol consumption and other alcohol related adverse issues compare to Minimum legal drinking age 18 years.
Accordingly, Wechsler and Nelson ( 2010, p.990) also argued that 21 year old minimum legal drinking age has protected around 800 adolescents between 18years old and 20 years old adolescents in the U.S. Thus, major government agencies have persistently insisted that 21 years of national minimum legal drinking age is effective alcohol policy to reduce alcohol consumption and related negative consequences among adolescents (Wechsler and Nelson, 2010, p.990).
Not only the U.S, some province of Canada, New Zealand and Australia showed that when minimum legal drinking age was reduced, subsequently alcohol related issues were …show more content…
Conversely, increased minimum legal drinking age of 21years reduced underage road crash around 16% and improved the road safety among age 21 to 25 years ( Toumbourou et al., 2014, p.569).
In line with this, another survey ( Fisher, Voas, Blackman & Tippetts ,2008, cited in MacCartt , Hellinga & Kirleyl , 2010, p.177-178) verified that increasing minimum legal drinking age of 21years was related to around 11% of reduction in the underage alcohol induced fatal traffic crashes between 1982-1990 and saved 27,052 people since 1975 (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, cited by MacCartt et al., 2010, p.177-178)
However, Miron and Tetelbaum ( 2008, p.317) challenged the NHTSA results( NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis 2005 ) which showed the minimum legal drinking age saved around 21,897 lives through 2002. In this study ( Miron & Tetelbaum, 2008, p. 317) cited Crandall et al ( 1986, p. 47 )’s argument that traffic crash rate reduced due to introduction of federal road safety standards in 1968 and development of automobiles safety not for increasing legal drinking age to
Consequently, Jennison (2004, p.659) also verified college binge drinkers are more likely to develop one or more alcohol related diagnostic criteria such as alcohol abuse and dependence in post college years compared to non-alcohol drinkers. In line with Jennison’s study, the research (National Center on Addiction and Substance abuse, 2002, cited in Doran et al, 2006, P.1920) depicted that the early starting drinking in adolescent is …show more content…
Several studies done in the U.S which compared the different minimum drinking age in each states. The data (Wechsler and Nelson ,2010, p.989-990) showed that the states which have 21 years minimum legal drinking age had fewer road crashes compared to the states have 18 years minimum legal drinking age. Also 21years minimum legal drinking age leads to lower percentage of alcohol consumption and other alcohol related adverse issues compare to Minimum legal drinking age 18 years.
Accordingly, Wechsler and Nelson ( 2010, p.990) also argued that 21 year old minimum legal drinking age has protected around 800 adolescents between 18years old and 20 years old adolescents in the U.S. Thus, major government agencies have persistently insisted that 21 years of national minimum legal drinking age is effective alcohol policy to reduce alcohol consumption and related negative consequences among adolescents (Wechsler and Nelson, 2010, p.990).
Not only the U.S, some province of Canada, New Zealand and Australia showed that when minimum legal drinking age was reduced, subsequently alcohol related issues were …show more content…
Conversely, increased minimum legal drinking age of 21years reduced underage road crash around 16% and improved the road safety among age 21 to 25 years ( Toumbourou et al., 2014, p.569).
In line with this, another survey ( Fisher, Voas, Blackman & Tippetts ,2008, cited in MacCartt , Hellinga & Kirleyl , 2010, p.177-178) verified that increasing minimum legal drinking age of 21years was related to around 11% of reduction in the underage alcohol induced fatal traffic crashes between 1982-1990 and saved 27,052 people since 1975 (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, cited by MacCartt et al., 2010, p.177-178)
However, Miron and Tetelbaum ( 2008, p.317) challenged the NHTSA results( NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis 2005 ) which showed the minimum legal drinking age saved around 21,897 lives through 2002. In this study ( Miron & Tetelbaum, 2008, p. 317) cited Crandall et al ( 1986, p. 47 )’s argument that traffic crash rate reduced due to introduction of federal road safety standards in 1968 and development of automobiles safety not for increasing legal drinking age to