April 9, 1999

Don't Lower the Drinking Age

To the Editor:

The essay by Michael Clay Smith and Margaret D. Smith proves that those who will not learn from history are condemned to repeat it ("Treat Students as Adults: Set the Drinking Age at 18, Not 21," Opinion, March 12). Despite inconsistent enforcement, the 21-year-old drinking age has succeeded. In addition to saving more than 17,000 lives on our roadways since 1975, ... it has decreased arrests

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