This study is typical junk science. Correlation does not equal causation, and the article does not say what other variables (if any) were controlled for. The fact that the supposed effect (whose size was fairly small) occured only among women while men were completely unaffected is very diffcult to explain away if the effect were genuine. Such a study should be taken with a grain of salt, if not a whole pound.
It is really transparent and obvious why a study like this would come out now, at a time when many policymakers are seriously considering lowering the drinking age. After the arguments about drunk driving fatalities have been debunked time and time again (Google "Miron and Tetelbaum"), it was necessary to come up with other "public health" arguments for continuing to violate the civil rights of 18-20 year old young adults. But make no mistake--these arguments are really just a more socially acceptable way of saying that some people's rights are more important than others. That is, the antithesis of what America supposedly stands for.
Let America be America again, and lower the drinking age to 18. If you're old enough to go to war, you're old enough to go to the bar. 'Nuff said.
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This study is typical junk science. Correlation does not equal causation, and the article does not say what other variables (if any) were controlled for. The fact that the supposed effect (whose size was fairly small) occured only among women while men were completely unaffected is very diffcult to explain away if the effect were genuine. Such a study should be taken with a grain of salt, if not a whole pound.
It is really transparent and obvious why a study like this would come out now, at a time when many policymakers are seriously considering lowering the drinking age. After the arguments about drunk driving fatalities have been debunked time and time again (Google "Miron and Tetelbaum"), it was necessary to come up with other "public health" arguments for continuing to violate the civil rights of 18-20 year old young adults. But make no mistake--these arguments are really just a more socially acceptable way of saying that some people's rights are more important than others. That is, the antithesis of what America supposedly stands for.
Let America be America again, and lower the drinking age to 18. If you're old enough to go to war, you're old enough to go to the bar. 'Nuff said.
November 16, 2011 - 4:45pmThis Comment
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