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Drinking Age

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Alcohol

What If Fewer Americans Drinking Is a Bad Thing?

Moderate drinking might be bad for you. But it's also pretty fun.

Emma Camp | 8.19.2025 11:00 AM

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Law enforcement

Hanover Police Selectively Enforce Underage Drinking Laws Against Dartmouth Students

Criminal prosecution is an inappropriate response to tragedy.

Jack Nicastro | 11.26.2024 12:26 PM

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Alcohol

Mandatory ID Checks for Nonalcoholic Beer?

Some people really think nonalcoholic beer is a gateway to alcoholism.

C. Jarrett Dieterle | 9.28.2024 7:00 AM

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Alcohol

Will Banning Nonalcoholic Beer Save the Children?

No, but a Stanford psychologist says people under age 21 should be banned from buying some nonalcoholic drinks to protect kids from "drinking culture."

Eric Boehm | 6.21.2024 11:20 AM

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Alcohol

Youth Drinking Is Falling, Not Rising

According to a new study there is no correlation between increased youth drinking during COVID and alcohol delivery.

C. Jarrett Dieterle | 7.6.2023 10:00 AM

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Regulation

Why Won't Maryland Sell Me a Goddamn Beer?

Maryland bars and restaurants have a tendency to turn away vertical ID holders. But there's no state law mandating this.

Emma Camp | 3.4.2023 8:00 AM

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Alcohol

What 2022 Taught Us About Freeing American Alcohol Markets

Reformers had two years of unprecedented victories—and then protectionists started using scare tactics to block them

C. Jarrett Dieterle | 12.27.2022 8:00 AM

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Comedy

Citizen vs. Government (Vol. 4)

Bewildering answers to simple questions

Austin Bragg and Andrew Heaton | 9.23.2020 12:15 PM

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Brett Kavanaugh

Brett Kavanaugh's Illegal Beer Consumption Highlights the Perversity of Drinking Ages

The Supreme Court nominee's teenaged tippling was typical, although the law pretends otherwise.

Jacob Sullum | 9.30.2018 6:35 PM

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Gun Control

Guns. Booze. War. Abortion. Voting. How Old Is Old Enough?

A. Barton Hinkle | 2.28.2018 12:00 PM

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Rape

Blame Binge Drinking for Tulane University's 2-in-5 Female Sexual Assault Rate

A survey reveals an unbelievably high sexual assault rate at one university campus.

Robby Soave | 2.5.2018 8:40 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Filing the Correct Paperwork

Charles Oliver | 6.2.2016 4:00 AM

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Policy

A 19-Year-Old Rightly Complains That 'Prohibition Still Applies to Us'

What does a working man have to do to get a drink in this place?

Jacob Sullum | 1.19.2016 11:47 AM

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Policy

No, the Alabama Sorority Video Is Not More Offensive to Women Than Donald Trump

End the paternalism.

Robby Soave | 8.18.2015 3:33 AM

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Policy

U. of Maryland Smartly Combats Binge Drinking By Selling Beer at Football Games

Incentives matter

Robby Soave | 7.13.2015 7:00 PM

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Civil Liberties

Not All Drunk Sex Is Rape: What WaPost Study Gets Wrong (and Right)

Binge drinking is the real problem

Robby Soave | 6.15.2015 7:35 PM

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Culture

Moral Panic Alert: Ban Fraternities?

How about no

Robby Soave | 4.29.2015 11:47 AM

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Policy

Now That Jackie's Story Is False, Can We Be Honest About Rape and Alcohol?

In the wake of the Rolling Stone debacle, two experts examine the link between the drinking age, alcohol abuse, and campus violence.

Robby Soave | 4.14.2015 2:40 PM

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Policy

Dartmouth To Give Hard Alcohol Prohibition the Old College Try

It won't work.

Robby Soave | 1.29.2015 3:40 PM

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Policy

NYT Says There Might Be Less Rape If Sororities Served Booze

Prohibition always fails

Robby Soave | 1.20.2015 1:35 PM

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Policy

To Reduce Campus Rape, Legalize Pot and Alcohol

Reefer madness in reverse

Robby Soave | 1.19.2015 6:55 PM

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Policy

3 Reasons Why UVA's New Safety Requirements for Fraternities Are Ridiculous

Robby Soave | 1.7.2015 1:50 PM

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Policy

10 Things the New GOP Congress Should—and Can!—Do

The reason policy agenda for 2015-2016

Reason Staff | 1.6.2015 9:00 PM

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Policy

Congress, End the Hangover: Abolish the Federal Drinking Age

If lawmakers want kids to drink responsibly, they need to legislate responsibly.

Robby Soave | 1.6.2015 10:00 AM

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Policy

UVA (and Others) Admit the Obvious: Blame It On the Alcohol

Robby Soave | 11.26.2014 10:47 AM

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Civil Liberties

The UVA Rapists Should Not Have Been Expelled

Treating rape as akin to plagiarism trivializes violence against women.

Robby Soave | 11.25.2014 4:30 PM

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Policy

Some Feminists Think Stopping Jokes Would Help Stop Rape, But 'Alcohol is Not the Problem'[*]

Robby Soave | 11.19.2014 9:01 AM

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Civil Liberties

Liberal Feminists, Stop Smearing Critics As Rape Apologists

Robby Soave | 11.17.2014 2:42 PM

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Policy

A Republican Congress Should Make Obama Lower the Drinking Age

Robby Soave | 11.10.2014 3:22 PM

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Politics

Millennials Don't Like to be Nannied, Want to Lower the Legal Drinking Age

Emily Ekins | 7.10.2014 12:00 PM

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