[offwhite]

"from 1980 to 1995, alcohol consumption dropped by 23% while remaining legal."

While remaining legal? Not really.

The Federal Uniform Drinking Age Act of 1984 changed the minimum legal drinking age from 18 to 21. Meaning that, by your own statistics, making something illegal reduces usage.

[ConservingFreedom]

The Federal Uniform Drinking Age Act of 1984 changed the minimum legal drinking age from 18 to 21. Meaning that, by your own statistics, making something illegal reduces usage.

The decline was well underway before then: http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh27-1/30-38.htm