<p>“mini: Yes, the amount of people killed in drunken driving accidents went down after the drinking age raised. But that fails to substantively prove that the higher drinking age was directly responsible for this decrease. There are several confounding factors.”</p>
<p>Demonstrably false. (And societal attitudes changed BEFORE the legal change - that’s how politics works.)</p>
<p>“This supports my gut reaction. There is a lot of drinking on most college campuses. But the amount varies. When strict anti-drinking laws are enforced, the social lives of drinkers and non-drinkers occur in two very different worlds.”</p>
<p>That’s absolutely true - we can actually see that happening right now at the University of Oklahoma. But it changes for the bingers as well - as they have to make more effort to do it. The 3x-in-two-weeks binger becomes a 1x-in-two-weeks binger, and the non-drinkers don’t have to live around it.</p>
<p>It isn’t my favorite approach (it’s not even one I favor). But I can’t deny that the data show that it works - if the goals are: 1)to get drinking off campus; and 2) create a better environment for non- or moderate drinkers.</p>