<p>“All lowering the drinking age will do is provide opportunities for high school seniors to give alcohol to their little sis’ and bro’s.”</p>
<p>It’s not an either-or thing. You could make the drinking age 19 like in much of Canada, make a graduated system (e.g. allow 18 year-olds to drink beer in restaurants or bars but not carry it away with them), and so forth. I don’t think attempting to enforce a blanket ban is doing any good (especially if your figures of 45% of college students being binge drinkers are remotely accurate)</p>