September 21, 2001

Provisional Drinking Licenses Would Not Reduce Underage Drinking

To the Editor:

Acting on the suggestion of David J. Hanson, Dwight B. Heath, and Joel S. Rudy that teenagers be allowed to get a "provisional drinking license" might ease college administrators' headaches in enforcing drinking-age laws and promise increased sales for booze companies, but it would be a public-health and safety disaster for the rest of us ("The Misguided Prohibition That Governs U.S. Colleges," The Review, August 10).

Binge drinking by high-school seniors

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