Speakers debate drinking age issues

March 11th, 2010 by Tue Tran Categories: Front Page, News No Responses

By Andrew Slade, News Editor -

Among college students nationwide, the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) of 21 is perhaps the law most frequently broken. According to internal studies at Boston College, just 25 percent of incoming freshmen describe themselves as non-drinkers. While some point to numbers like these as evidence that current drinking laws are ineffective and drive students to drink behind closed doors, others argue that lowering the MLDA would lead to adolescents beginning to drink at younger ages. Continue Reading