There is a movement called the Amethyst Initiative that is trying to lower the drinking age in the US to curb binge drinking in college age students:

    “(AP) — College presidents from about 100 of the nation’s best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.”

If you think about it, the drinking age is lower in almost every other country and they seem to be more responsible with driving and handling themselves. Maybe lowering the drinking age would make teens more mature about the situation. I know in Iowa everyone started drinking in about 8th grade, so I don’t know how much it would change things there. Here is the full article on cnn.com.