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Raising legal age for buying alcohol will only worsen difficulties

I am a student on an exchange in the United States and would like to take this opportunity to comment on the proposal to raise the drinking age in Scotland.

I am a student on an exchange in the United States and would like to take this opportunity to comment on the proposal to raise the drinking age in Scotland.

In the US, the age to drink legally is 21. However, it is naive to assume that there is no drinking problem.