Drinking age questioned

INCREASING the drinking age is just one tough measure that would help curb random violence, according to a top health expert who says the time for "soft actions" is over. Professor Mike Daube says the US, which has a legal drinking age of 21, shows it ca

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They're drinking younger, they're drinking to get drunk … the more access (to alcohol) there is, the more violence there's going to be...

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The Gympie Times - 2012-07-29 04:36:00

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