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Continuing the Dialogue: Reducing Minimum Legal Drinking Age Laws from 21 to 18

Continuing the Dialogue: Reducing Minimum Legal Drinking Age Laws from 21 to 18 Downloaded from http://journals.lww.com/jan by BhDMf5ePHKbH4TTImqenVA5KvPVPZ0P5BEgU+IUTEfzO/GUWifn2IfwcEVVH9SSn on 06/10/2020 Journal of Addictions Nursing, 22:138–143, 2011 Copyright © International Nurses Society on Addictions ISSN: 1088-4602 print / 1548-7148 online DOI: 10.3109/10884602.2011.585724 Continuing the Dialogue: Reducing Minimum Legal Drinking Age Laws from 21 to 18 Sandra N. Jones, DrNPc, PMHCNS-BC and Vicki D. Lachman, PhD, APRN, MBE Drexel University, Doctoral Nursing Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA behavior contributing to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among youth (Centers for Disease Control and Pre- The purpose of this paper is to examine both sides of the debate revolving around the issue of reducing the minimum legal drink- vention, 2008; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ing age law from age 21 to 18 years of age. Ethical considerations 2006, 2007). Underage drinking and driving also contribute surrounding the issue are offered. The current 1984 National Min- to serious personal, social, and economic consequences for imum Drinking Age Act (MLDA 21) has been shown to save lives. the young adults, their families, communities, and the nation However, in 2008 the major supporters of reducing the minimum (French & Maclean, 2006; Klepp, Schmid, & Murray, 1996; legal drinking age laws from 21 to 18 issued http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Addictions Nursing Wolters Kluwer Health

Continuing the Dialogue: Reducing Minimum Legal Drinking Age Laws from 21 to 18

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Downloaded from http://journals.lww.com/jan by BhDMf5ePHKbH4TTImqenVA5KvPVPZ0P5BEgU+IUTEfzO/GUWifn2IfwcEVVH9SSn on 06/10/2020 Journal of Addictions Nursing, 22:138–143, 2011 Copyright © International Nurses Society on Addictions ISSN: 1088-4602 print / 1548-7148 online DOI: 10.3109/10884602.2011.585724 Continuing the Dialogue: Reducing Minimum Legal Drinking Age Laws from 21 to 18 Sandra N. Jones, DrNPc, PMHCNS-BC and Vicki D. Lachman, PhD, APRN, MBE Drexel University, Doctoral Nursing Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA behavior contributing to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among youth (Centers for Disease Control and Pre- The purpose of this paper is to examine both sides of the debate revolving around the issue of reducing the minimum legal drink- vention, 2008; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ing age law from age 21 to 18 years of age. Ethical considerations 2006, 2007). Underage drinking and driving also contribute surrounding the issue are offered. The current 1984 National Min- to serious personal, social, and economic consequences for imum Drinking Age Act (MLDA 21) has been shown to save lives. the young adults, their families, communities, and the nation However, in 2008 the major supporters of reducing the minimum (French & Maclean, 2006; Klepp, Schmid, & Murray, 1996; legal drinking age laws from 21 to 18 issued

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