The drinking age in the US (currently age 21) is under scrutiny. Various groups (including the Amethyst Initiative) believe that the drinking age should be reexamined and, perhaps, lowered. Straight Up listens to youth, a law enforcement representative, and a college president — and why they think a lower drinking age is a bad idea.
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Choose Responsibility?
John McCardell just won’t go away. In fact, he’s gaining more visibility. (see “An Amethyst in my Side” blog post) The former Middlebury College president, and creator of the Amethyst Initiative, has founded a non-profit organization with the ironic name of Choose Responsibility. The goal of this organization is to lower the drinking age to [...]