Philip Cook on the Amethyst Initiative
Duke University economics professor Philip Cook is publishing a week-long series on alcohol control policy at the popular legal blog Volokh Conspiracy. Today, he expressed support for [CR]‘s mission in a post about the Amethyst Initiative and suggested a specific legislative approach: He’d like to see “a ‘learners permit’ approach to youthful drinking, whereby a ‘drinking license’ would be given to 18 year olds and subject to suspension if they abused it.” Read the rest of his post here.
January 8th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Professor Philip Cooks has supported a very good program whereby 18-year olds would receive an alcohol license after receiving an alcohol learner’s permit. I see this as the best way to instill responsibility about alcohol on adults who are 18-20. In addition, I support lowering the drinking age to 18, and with this program in place, ageists would be proved wrong. Finally, don’t forget to place a comment.