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Drinking age above 25 (Australia (effects young drinkers (traffic…
Drinking age above 25
Australia
Drinkers 18 - 24
63% drink to get drunk
35% can't stop when started drinking
39% cant remember night before
effects young drinkers
traffic accidents
suicide
violence
hospitalisations
21 instead of 18
US
900 saved lives annually
Study by DeJong
Vietnam era
lower drinking age
reversed after increase accidents
--> 1984 law
higher drinking age or lower highway funds
Increase drinking age --> increase age underaged drinkers
Motives
Young same as old
Social bonds
Reduce anxiety
More comfortable in social situation
New Zealand
20 --> 18
Uptick alcohol-related traffic crashes
16 - 19 years old individuals
Europe vs US
sophomores having been drunk
47% vs 36%
lower drinking age --> more binge drinking