What does the research say about the effects of the MLDA?

There are dozens of published studies examining all aspects of the MLDA. It is important to review the body of available research before deciding on any public health issue. What follows are a selection of the seminal works related to the effects of the MLDA from the last several years:

Wagenaar, A.C., & Toomey, T.L. (2002). Effects of minimum drinking age laws: Review and analyses of the literature from 1960 to 2000. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Supplement 14, 206-225. http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/SupportingResearch/Journal/wage...

Fell, J.C., Fisher, D.A., Voas, R.B., Blackman, K., & Tippetts, A.S. (2008). The relationship of underage drinking laws to reductions in drinking drivers in fatal crashes in the United States. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 40(4), 1430-1440.

Grube, J.W. (2005). Youth drinking rates and problems: A comparison of European countries and the United States. Calverton, MD: Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Office of Juvenile Justice Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program. http://www.udetc.org/documents/CompareDrinkRate.pdf

Kindelberger, J. (2005). Calculating lives saved due to minimum drinking age laws. Traffic Safety Facts: Research Notes. http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/809860.PDF

Kypri, K., Voas, R., Langley, J., Stephenson, B., Begg, D., Tippetts, S., & Davie, G. (2006). Minimum purchasing age for alcohol and traffic crash injuries among 15- to 19-year-olds in New Zealand. American Journal of Public Health, 96(1), 126-131. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid...

LaBrie, J.W., Rodrigues, A., Schiffman, J., Tawalbeh, S. (2007). Early alcohol initiation increases risk related to drinking among college students. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 17(2), 125-141.

Ponicki, W. R., Gruenewald, P. J., & LaScala, E. A. (2007). Joint Impacts of Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Beer Taxes on US Youth Traffic Fatalities, 1975 to 2001. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31(5), 804–813.

Voas, R.B., Tippetts, A.S., & Fell, J.C. (2003). Assessing the effectiveness of minimum legal drinking age and zero tolerance laws in the United States. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 35, 579-587.