| From the Where2sing.com forum: Just a short excerpt from the AMA who recommend that the drinking age be raised to 21 (news.com.au)
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Dr Mason said it was a particularly worrying development, with that generation likely to carry their bad drinking habits into adulthood.
Dr Mason said lifting the legal age of drinking in Australia from 18 to 21 could save some young people for alcoholism in later life.
'We do know that anyone who drinks before the age of 21 is twice as likely to become an alcoholic as those who do not.' While he acknowledged the idea of raising the drinking age was unlikely to get political support, Dr Mason said the public health benefits would be significant.
'You also as a result of that policy would save 100 Australian lives every year and an extra thousand Australians from severe maiming and permanent injury,' he said.
'On medical grounds, it's a no-brainer.'
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