Drinking age debate at Sonoma State
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012William DeJong and Choose Responsibility’s Barrett Seaman recently debated the drinking age at Sonoma State University. An article from the college’s newspaper, The Sonoma Star, noted that underage binge drinking has increased significantly despite the 21 year old drinking age.
While the total number of drinking youths has remained fairly constant, there was a 56 percent increase in binge drinking from 18 to 20 year olds between 1993 and 2001. In addition, close to 5,000 people die every year due to underage drinking, including victims of drunk driving accidents from underage drivers.
During the debate, students also had the opportunity to weigh in on how “21″ affects them.