Increasing the drinking age has not stopped teen drinking and has instead pushed underage binge drinking into private and less controlled environments, leading to more health and life-endangering behavior by teens.
Statistics has proven with other countries that drunk driving rates have dropped in a similar perspective with a lower age limit.
The Amethyst Initiative (signed by college presidents) claims that we need to re-think the drinking age.
Prohibition does not work, even with age restrictions. As American Citizens at an adult age we have the right to vote, we have the right to defend our country, and we have the right to decide another person's fate on a jury. It does not make sense how we shouldn't be given the responsibility to purchase alcohol and consume in a legal discretion.