Did Raising the Drinking Age Work?

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"How can you say it's worked when 85 percent of the population at which it is directed are routinely violating it?"says John McCardell Jr, Founder and President of "Choose Responsibility." This week marks 25 years since President Reagan raised the drinking age from 18 to 21; John says the hike just made clandestine, binge drinking more attractive. (7/23)