I agree with the idea of lowering the drinking age to 18. Or at least lowering it to 18 for those of us who choose to serve.
I drank underage. Quite a bit too. I drank until I was about 23. Now, I don't drink it all for a number of reasons. But the biggest is that it's the biggest money sink, Lord knows how many thousands of dollars I spent at the bars, or on buying liquor when I was under age. How I'd love to have that money now for vacations, or some new camera lenses.
It's a horrible thing to fall into. I mean, I was at the point where a bottle of jack would get me buzzing, then go to the bars to finish the job. I had a crew...we'd have contests to see who could error out the breathalizer. Just stupid crap. Stupid waste of money.
If you're gonna drink to get drunk, don't do it all the time. There's no sense on having to get 20 drinks just to get drunk. Keep your tolerance low. It's financially better to be a two beer queer. All the effect, none of the cash.