LibGuides: Social Issues: The Drinking Age and Underage Drinking

Books

Alcoholism by Tamara Roleff
Call Number: HV5066 .A396 2010
ISBN: 0737747420
Publication Date: 2010-05-14
College Drinking by George W. Dowdall
Call Number: HV5135 .D69 2009
ISBN: 0275999815
Publication Date: 2008-12-30
Should the Legal Drinking Age Be Lowered? by Stefan Kiesbye
Call Number: HV5135 .S57 2008
ISBN: 0737739347
Publication Date: 2008-05-02
Teen Drug Abuse by David M. Haugen
Call Number: HV5824.Y68 T435 2006
ISBN: 0737733357
Publication Date: 2006-08-25

Should the drinking age be lowered? Here are articles on both sides of the issue.

Choose Responsibility
An organization that feels that alcohol drinking should be lowered to the age of 18, but also feels that an alcohol education program should be implemented in order to supply young adults with more knowledge about drinking.
Facts Sheet: Underage Drinking
From the CDC, an article about underage drinking and the risks.

Use the following databases to find journal, magazine, or newspaper articles on the drinking age and underage drinking-

Health Reference Center Academic This link opens in a new window
Health and wellness information

This act, passed in 1984, required all states to raise the drinking age to 21.

Sidney Silverman Library Newspapers
Find full text of the Bergen Record, the New York Times and other local newspapers