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Article: Some underage drinking laws reduce drinking-and-driving fatal crashes better than others.
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- NewsRx Science
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- April 26, 2009
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Researchers have examined which minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) laws are the most effective in reducing alcohol-related crash fatalities among youth. Four MLDA laws have significant associations with fewer underage drinking-and-driving fatal crashes: possession, purchase, use and lose, and zero tolerance. Three more general laws that target all drivers were also effective: 0.08% blood alcohol concentration illegal per se law, secondary or upgrade to a primary seat-belt law, and an administrative license revocation law.
Although US laws pertaining to a minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) changed many times during the 1970s and 80s, currently all states require a ...