To the Editor: In response to Hall and colleagues,1 the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons supports any measures that have been proven to successfully reduce death and injury in young drivers. Raising the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) to 21 years has been shown to significantly decrease road crash deaths in the United States.1
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