... the drinking age to 18 and 19, it began to worry about the safety of teens in those and neighboring states. One of the ways that the government tried to discourage this was by offering increased highway incentives for any states who maintained a minimum. The states were only too quick to volunteer to raise their minimums. The government also threatened to ... the government. Many people believe that there are other ways to decrease the number of accidents and teenage deaths associated with teenage drinking. Many states have "Zero Tolerance Laws" which severely punish underage teens who ...

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