youthworkblog.co.uk: Raise drinking age to 21?

Raise drinking age to 21?

See this article on the BBC. Here are some quotes:

"Alcohol-related conditions such as liver disease have doubled in less than a decade, to 262,844 a year"
"The number of people taken to Accident & Emergency with alcohol-related injuries has also doubled to 148,477 a year"
"Excessive drinking by young people has seen a 20% rise in hospital admissions in England over the last five years"