Recommendations Recap Issue 18 [pdf, 736 KB]
...While the effect of that Amendment has not (to my knowledge) been the subject of detailed analysis, I do note that the total crashes affecting 15 to 19-year-olds where alcohol was a factor increased from 102 in the 2014 to 134 in 2015, and from 101 in 2016 to 142 in 2017. An increase in the minimum purchasing age is justifiable by considering alcohol related harm in other contexts. For example, a 2014 study examining the period to 2011 found that the lowering of the minimu...