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Dean-Mooney, Laura. "A Lower Age Would Be Unsafe." U.S. News & World Report 15 Sept. 2008: 10. Academic Search Premier. Web. 11 Mar. 2012.


This article is written by the president of an organization called Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or better known as MADD. Laura Dean-Mooney argues her stance on the issue of binge drinking. She understands that it is a problem, but disagrees with college presidents and an organization called Choose Responsibility that lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18 would solve the problem. The author states many points to help support her argument. Such as, the teenage brain is still developing and the number of people killed in drunk driving related accidents has decreased tremendously. All together her statistics and evidence help prove that lowering the drinking age would be unsafe. 


Balko, Radley. "Let My Students Drink." Reason 40.9 (2009): 10-11. Academic Search Premier. Web. 11 Mar. 2012.


In this article the founder of Choose Responsibility, John McCardell, is being interviewed. He talks about his stance on the drinking age issue and why he thinks lowering the drinking age to 18 would be a good thing. He explains to his interviewer that reducing the age can reduce the risk in alcohol consumption and give parents a chance to show their kids how to handle alcohol responsibly. McCardell also makes a point to say that nowhere in the Constitution does it state that the federal government has the right to place a national drinking age on the country. He argues that it should be up to the states. The author also discusses how MADD negatively responded to the Amethyst Initiative.