Boredom is a causative link behind a number of problem behaviors such as alcohol and drug abuse, higher school dropout rates, and vandalism. Each problem behavior carries social and fiscal costs.

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they should start a program for people younger than 18.
there are kids that start drinking at a younger and younger age
and it would be better to start helping them at that age then later in life.

Under current policy, any state that chooses to set its drinking age under 21 must forfeit 10% of its annual federal highway appropriation. Since this amounts to tens of millions of dollars in most states, state level changes in drinking age policy are effectively limited until Congress opts to issue a waiver to states interested in revising their underage drinking policies.

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