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The Minimum Legal Drinking Age of 21 (MLDA-21) has been a source of contentious debate, enduring over a century of ethical and medical justifications. Critics cite the neurological and behavioral consequences of adolescent alcohol consumption to argue for the maintenance or even an increase from MLDA-21. Advocacy groups even propose mandatory training for adolescents in order to reduce harmful binge-drinking behavior. On the other hand, proponents of lowering the age limit argue that, ethically and politically, MLDA must match the threshold of legal adulthood. They also claim that there are some scientific basis for lowering MLDA. However, this study that analyzed a wide breadth of scientific sources found that medical consensus validates MLDA-21. Studies find that the harms of adolescent alcohol consumption, including mental disorders, behavioral complications, and developmental consequences, outweigh the benefits of making alcohol more legally accessible. |
