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3 new sources 30 new notes- split between solutions Solution #1 Lower the age for the use of alcohol. So people learn when there younger to use alcohol for social gatherings and having fun with friends. This will lower their chances of having a dangerous drinking problems.

"Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered from 21 to a Younger Age?" //Procon.org//. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. .

-drunk driving fatalities are lower now than they were in 1982. But they are lower in all age groups. And they have declined just as much in Canada, where the age is 18 or 19, as they have in the United States. -More than 3,000 of those fatalities occur off our roadways -There is no evidence of massive brain impairment, alcohol dependency, or underage alcohol abuse, which the 'experts' tell us will be the inevitable result of lowering the age in the United States. -states that try to change the law lose 10% of its federal highway funds. -Mark R. Beckner, MS, Chief of Police for Boulder, Colorado said "Over the course of my nearly 30–year career in dealing with underage drinking and all the associated problems, I have come to the conclusion that changing the law from 18 to 21 was, overall, not a wise decision." -Mark R. Beckner, MS, Chief of Police for Boulder, Colorado. What we've done is helped create an underground culture that encourages binge drinking without any oversight or supervision. -NYRA says that we can died for our country at the age of 18 but can't drink until the age of 21. -David J. Hanson, "In many societies most people drink and they begin doing so in the home from a very early age. There is neither evidence or any reason to even suspect that members of these groups are brain impaired compared to those societies that do not permit young people to consume alcohol." -Jeffrey A. Miron-any life-saving effect in those states that first raised the drinking age was only temporary, occurring largely in the first year or two after switching to the MLDA21. -Half of the peer-reviewed studies on the effect of the drinking age on fatalities show a positive correlation. Half show no correlation at all. - The drinking age has effectively banished alcohol from public places and public view. But it has done little to reduce drinking. - And that is exactly where binge drinking is taking place, in the most risky of environments. -More than 1,000 lives of 18-24 year olds are being lost each year to alcohol off the highways, and this number is increasing. -between 1993 and 2001, 18-20 year-olds showed the largest increase in binge drinking episodes. -"Jews, Italians, Greeks, French, Spaniards, Portuguese and many others typically introduce their children to alcoholic beverages at an early age. And they tend to have fewer alcohol-related problems than we do in the U.S."

"Alcohol Advertising." Potsdam.edu. Web. 18 Nov. 2011. . Solution #2 Everyone who an alcoholic should be given pills to stop their drinking problems. - -