lower the national minimum drinking age to 18 years old.

I wish to create a petition to lower the national minimum drinking age to 18 years old to reduce alcohol related fatalities in teens. Many kids and adults have different ways in which they consume alcohol. Wechsler gives a review on drinking behavior among teens, mostly in the college atmosphere. It explains that teenagers are not likely to drink as often as 21 year olds because alcohol is hard to come by when someone is under 21. Because alcohol is not as readily available to underage drinkers, the concept of binge drinking is introduced, causing fatal accidents and dangerous consequences. If alcohol was to become available to 18-20 year olds, soon drinking would become a norm. Binge drinking will become less of an event since teenagers can now drink whenever.