Hammond: Michigan has tried a lower drinking age

Lansing State Journal (Hammond, MI) August 23:

"Michigan's legal drinking age was lowered in the 1970s to 18, but the problems that followed were so great that voters adopted a constitutional amendment to return the legal drinking age to 21 - a standard that is now in effect in all 50 states...  Advocates of a lower drinking age frequently argue that kids in European nations have the opportunity of learning to drink moderately at home, an advantage denied American teens.  However, it is a myth that European kids are more moderate and responsible than their American counterparts. A recent survey of 15- and 16-year-olds from 35 European nations showed that every nation except Turkey had a higher rate of binge drinking than that of the United States."
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