America must lower the drinking ageIn other countries around the world, if you are under under 21 you can drink alcohol, some countries don't even have an age limit, but in America you have to be 21 to buy alcohol. You can go to war and die for your country at 18, you can also vote, buy cigarettes, but you can't buy alcohol. One of the main causes of the drinking age limit being set at 21 was that teenagers were getting into car accidents after being drunk. I'm not saying that driving under the influence should be legal. What I'm saying is that there should be more government programs to educate and prevent people from drinking and driving. More and more people under the age of 21 are drinking alcohol. "A survey released by the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA) found that by the time Texas teens reach high school, more than 80 percent of them admit to having had some experience with alcohol The same study found that high school students say it's easy to get beer, wine or liquor (quoted in Westbrook) Texas is a zero-tolerance state. for underage drinking, it has some of the strictest penalties for underage drinking, and if 80% of Texas teens have had experiences with alcohol, that tells me that Campaigns against underage drinking, and zero tolerance programs don't work. Teenagers will drink alcohol at some point in their lives. So instead of spending all that money to stop teenagers from drinking. drinking, perhaps it should be spent on programs or educating these adolescents about alcohol so that they can make an informed decision regarding alcohol consumption. There are now programs that educate people under 21 about alcohol. These programs are implemented in colleges across the country and focus on drinking choices. "At the University of Virginia, they take a more old-fashioned approach to educating students about drinking. They use two-hour, two-and-a-half hour courses in classrooms called 'Choices.' They brag "The results of this program were high, a total of 75 percent of participants said they planned to reduce their alcohol consumption in the future, while 85 percent indicated they had talked to a friend about it. . " (Altamirano). If these programs have high success rates, I think these programs should also be implemented in secondary schools..