Drinking alcohol has become the norm when going out with friends, celebrating an event, relaxing or when at home. However, the legal age to purchase and consume alcohol legally is twenty-one. Although it is illegal to consume alcohol at a young age. This does not mean that people under twenty-one do not have access to alcohol. Furthermore, the fact that alcohol is a product forbidden to minors makes the "desire" to consume it even greater. This makes people want to drink, and drinking can lead to many negative consequences. If society lowered the drinking age there wouldn't be many cases of underage drinkers. “There are 10.8 million underage drinkers in the United States” (Underage Drinking Statistics). If the age were eighteen instead of twenty-one there would not be so much abuse of alcohol consumption in the United States. This would limit one of the factors contributing to underage drinking. Although people may not agree with lowering the age. Mandating the age of eighteen to purchase and consume alcohol will limit the rate of alcohol consumption by minors. It will also reduce the rate of excessive alcohol consumption among college students, which accounts for half of the eighty percent of students who report binge drinking in the past two weeks (College Drinking). Most college students attend college parties throughout their educational careers. It is part of “student life”. However, when they consume more than their body can handle, they can go into physical shock. Therefore, when he starts drinking more than he should or should. Your blood alcohol content will be greater than or equal to 0.08 g/dL, which is unhealthy and life-threatening (college drinking). With this in mind, 25% of students aged 12-12… middle of the paper… d1. “Edgar Snyder & Associates® A Law Firm Representing Injured People.” Statistics on alcohol consumption by minors. NP Web. March 31, 2014. http://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-accident/teen/underage-drinking-statistics.html.2. . Statistics on underage drinking, NP Web. 31 March 2014. http://www.madd.org/underage-drinking/underage-drinking-statistics.html.3. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NP Web. March 31, 2014. http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/statssummaries/snapshot.asp&xgt;.4. Center for Substance Abuse Research, Np. Network. March 31, 2014. http://www.addictioninfo.org/articles/2954/1/Stress-Tops-List-of-Causes-of-Teenage-Drinking/Page1.html.5. CDC, March 31, 2014. http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/underage-drinking.htm.6. . NP Web. March 31, 2014. http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/special-populations-co-occurring-disorders/underage-drinking.