I had brunch today with college friends. Four of the 6 of us have 20/21 year olds in college right now, and we all agreed that we’d like the age to be rolled back to 18. And of the 5 college kids, only one really drinks and his mom said he just drinks a few beers, at home, occasionally. I have one daughter who would probably drink a few beers if it was legal. She has a boyfriend who is 24 so of course has access, but doesn’t drink more than a beer or two now (when the Packers are playing).
I grew up with an 18 drinking age and we all drank beer (in high school of course, so it was not legal). Not much trouble, not a lot of dangerous behavior. In college it was 18 for beer and wine (3.2%) and we were happy drinking that. It wasn’t until my friends turned 21 that I started sneaking into ‘real’ bars. By then, I was a lot more controlled in my drinking.