Coronor argues drinking age promotes binge drinking, accidents

Via Libertarian Republican, Telluride Daily Planet:

America is one of only four counties in the world with a 21-year-old drinking age. The rest of the Western world, including Europe, Canada and Mexico, has lower drinking ages.

Dempsey is one elected official who thinks that the higher drinking age doesn’t stop young people from drinking. He believes it leads to reckless drinking, that young adults sneak alcohol behind the law and their parents’ backs, drink to excess, and then make stupid decisions. He’d like to see the age returned to 18.

“It would get rid of the need for binge drinking,” Dempsey said. “They would still party, but right now it’s, drink as much as you can as fast as you can while we have this illegal drug.”