The college leaders are trying to justify their decision by saying that lowering of drinking age can reduce occurrence of binge drinking and make it easy for colleges to impose the drinking law.
At present, the federal drinking age is set at 21. The campaign, known as the Amethyst Initiative was initiated by former Middlebury College President John McCardell. It is composed of college presidents from more than 100 universities, including two Texas school inn support of lowering the drinking age. The presidents are calling on lawmakers to consider new policies, which could include lowering the drinking age to 18.
A health observer associated with foodconsumer.org opined that college presidents should know the fact that alcohol is a carcinogen - a cancer causing agent that can increase the risk of cancer. Although not all drinkers get cancer, drinking does increase the risk of encountering cancer.
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