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References

1. Maryland Underage Drinking Prevention Coalition. Laws: Minimum Drinking Age Laws. (www.mudpc.org/laws.html)

2. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Underage Drinking and Access to Alcohol Consumption. National Institute on alcohol and Alcohol Abuse’s Alcohol Policy Information System website, (http://alcoholpolicy.niaaa.nih.gov)/

3. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Exceptions to Minimum Age of 21 for Consumption of Alcohol as of August 5, 2005. National Institute on alcohol and Alcohol Abuse’s Alcohol Policy Information System website, (http://alcoholpolicy.niaaa.nih.gov)/

Readings (Listing does not imply endorsement)

Allen, D. N., Sprenkel, D. G., and Vitale, P. A. Reactance theory and alcohol consumption laws: Further confirmation among collegiate alcohol consumers. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 1994, 55 (1), 34-40.

Asch, P., and Levy, D. T. Does the minimum drinking age affecting traffic fatalities? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1987, 6 (2), 180-192.

R. C. Engs, and Hanson, D. J. Reactance theory: A test with collegiate drinking. Psychological Reports, 1989, (64), 1083-1086.

Brehm, Sharon and Brehm, Jack W. Psychological Reactance: A Theory of Freedom and Control. New York: Academic Press, 1981.

Colón, Israel. The alcohol beverage purchase age and single-vehicle highway fatalities. Journal of Safety Research, 1984, 15, 159-162.

Davis, James E. Alcohol use among college students: Responses to raising the purchase age. Journal of American College Health, 1990, 38, 263-269.

Asch, P. and Levy, D.T. Does the minimum age effect traffic fatalities ? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management,1987, 6(2), 180-192.

Brake, Mike. Needed: A license to drink. Newsweek, March 14, 1994.

Engs, R. C. and Hanson, D. J. University students' drinking patterns and problems: Examining the effects of raising the drinking age. Public Health Reports, 1988, 1, 65-83.

Astin, Alexander W., Parrott, S. A., Korn, W. S., and Sax, L. J. The American Freshman: Thirty Year Trends, 1966-1996. Los Angeles, CA: University of California at Los Angeles, Higher Education Research Institute, 1997.

Commission on Substance Abuse at Colleges and Universities. Rethinking Rites of Passage: Substance Abuse on American Campuses. New York: Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 1994.

Haines, Michael P. A Social Norms Approach to Preventing Binge Drinking at Colleges and Universities. Newton, MA: Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, 1996.

Alanko, Timo. Per Capita Consumption and rate of Heavy Use of Alcohol: On Evidence and Inference in the Single Distribution Debate. Paper presented at the Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol. Toronto, Ontario, May 30 - June 5, 1992.

Atkin, Charles K. Alcoholic-Beverage Advertising: Its Content and Impact. In: Holder, Harold D. and Mello, Nancy K. (eds.) Control Issues in Alcohol Abuse Prevention: Strategies for States and Communities. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1987. pp. 267-303.

Blacker, Edward. Sociocultural factors in alcoholism. International Psychiatry Clinics, 1966, 3, pp. 51-80.

Brake, Mike. Needed: A license to drink. Newsweek, March 14, 1994.

Engs, Ruth C., and Hanson, David J. University students' drinking patterns and problems: Examining the effects of raising the purchase age. Public Health Reports, 1988, 1, 65-83.

Engs, Ruth C., and Hanson, David J. Age-specific alcohol prohibition and college students' drinking problems. Psychological Reports, 1986, 59, 79-84.