The latest sign that John McCardell's proposal to re-open the minimum age debate has gotten traction: the national president of MADD and the deputy secretary of transportation both raised the issue during their testimony at a hearing on federal drunk driving efforts in Washington on October 25. After advocating MADD's year-old "Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving," Glynn Birch closed his remarks by noting "there has been some debate about the 21 minimum drinking age in the media." But "there is no controversy in the science," he insisted, which is "overwhelming" in support of the "fact that when the drinking age was lowered" highways deaths increased and "when it was raised, deaths and injuries decreased
MADD, Federal Official Raise Minimum Age Issue at Traffic Safety Hearing
Publishing Info
- Newsletter: Alcohol Issues Insights
- Published: 10/14/2007
- Volume: 24
- Issue #: 10