About

This series, a 2009 special report by The Roanoke Times|roanoke.com, explores the Amethyst Initiative and the movement to re-examine the current U.S. drinking age. Editor Carole Tarrant explains the background on this project in a May 17 From the Newsroom column.

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Click the arrow to the right (or use your arrow keys on your keyboard) to meet the team responsible for telling this story, online and in print. Click on an individual's name to send him or her an e-mail.

Writers: Greg Esposito, Sharla Bardin, Tonia Moxley, Kevin Kittredge

Photographers: Jeanna Duerscherl, Justin Cook

Video: Chris Zaluski

Data: Matt Chittum

News interns: Adriana Gomez Licon, Allison Chopin

Online producers: Jim Ellison, Stephanie Ogilvie, Mary-Chris Hirsch

Print graphics: Rob Lunsford

Print design: Andrew Svec