There are many people who support lowering the drinking age across the U.S. and the movement is gaining support from all sorts of people. With the drinking age lowered it could possibly lead to more responsible drinking, and less alcohol related accidents through exposure at a younger age. One of the poeple involved in helping to lower the drinking age is a legislator, and this is what his view is:

'A Vermont legislator has introduced a bill to lower the state's drinking age to 18. He says we're driving drinkers underground. 18 year olds can do everything else - go to war, sign contracts, marry, vote - so why not drink?

The drinking age was 18 in New York when I was a teenager - It got raised in every state to 21 when the feds decided they would withhold highway money from states that didn't have a 21 year old age limit and passed the Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984.

When I was with bloggers at the Democratic convention in Boston this summer, there was one of our group who only 20. It was ridiculous that we could all order drinks and he couldn't.

When was the last time you heard a kid turn down a drink saying not "I don't drink, thank you," but "I better not, I'm not 21 yet." In other words, a kid is going to drink at 18 if she wants to, regardless of whether the law says 18 or 21. The juvenile courts are jammed with "minor in possession" cases. If they weren't, they might have more time and funds to deal with the kids with more serious issues.'

There is strong support for lowering the drinking age, and that support can be split up into to two more standpoints. Those who are under the age of 21 and want to lower the drinking age, and those who are over the age of 21 and want to lower the drinking age