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Chic Young: Lower drinking age would be bad idea

Dear Editor: As Halloween approaches, Madison is again likely to see another demonstration of what a bad idea it would be to lower the age for legal alcohol consumption to match the legal age for military service.

Military service involves training that aims at increasing a person’s degree of responsibility for their actions – whether with weapons or among comrades. This is the exact opposite of the effect alcohol has on human behavior.