Leslie,
I disagree that there would be a rise in 17 and 16 year olds breaking the law if the drinking age was lowered to 18. I guess it's just an opinion, but I don't think more 16 and 17 year olds would drink underage, just because they were only 2 years or so from the legal age. They already do it a lot now. And if you change the law, at least you free up law enforcement officers to concentrate more on those age groups, since they don't have to chase down 18-20 yr olds. So, yeah, there might be a rise in arrests, but not because of a rise in committing the crime.
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