Eastman, Donald R. "Lowering the Drinking Age: Let's Keep the Dialogue Open." St. Petersburg Times 25 Aug. 2008. Rpt. in Should the Legal Drinking Age Be Lowered? Ed. Stefan Kiesbye. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2013. At Issue. Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 16 Oct. 2013.
This article uses a story of an 18 year old that got killed while in a car with her friend who was also under the influence. He points out that had the drinking age been lower, the student would not have had to resort to driving while intoxicated and he also goes over a few other ways the situation would have turned out differently if the drinking age was lower.
This article can be one that truly grabs a readers attention as a very sad story is involved and the theme of it is that had the drinking age been lower the situation where the two girls had to get in a car would not have happened in the first place.
Donald R. Eastman III is president of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, and one of the signatories to the Amethyst Initiative, an effort consisting of college and university presidents to consider other options, beyond the current policies, to teenage drinking. This is a solid source. The guy has good insight on this topic.
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