Minimum Legal Drinking Age Laws
A Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) of 21 saves lives and protects health Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) laws specify the legal age when an individual can purchase alcoholic beverages. The MLDA in the...
Monthly Archive: August 2020
CDC: Binge Drinking
Binge drinking is a serious but preventable public health problem. Binge drinking is the most common, costly, and deadly pattern of excessive alcohol use in the United States.1,2,3 Binge drinking is defined as a pattern of drinking that brings...
CDC: Underage Drinking
Alcohol is the most commonly used and abused drug among youth in the United States.1 Excessive drinking is responsible for more than 3,200 deaths among underage youth each year, and cost the U.S. $24 billion...
