appropriate that act was, states that allowed residents to drink at ages lower than 21 saw higher high school dropout rates in addition to what has been documented such as lower educational attainment and higher substance a because. we saw an increase in dropout rates. and already at risk groups at dropping out there was a 4% increase. in today's numbers with 3.3 million students expected to graduate this year that means 99,000 more of them would drop out. but correlation does not imply causation. they had a lower drinking age, but may have had other factors. schools may have changed, times may have changed. are this adults or not? lower the drinking age or don't let them vote until they

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