You face many temptations in college culture, and one of them is underage drunk driving. Underage drunk driving has essentially become an epidemic, rapidly developing among today's youth. College culture has come to encourage alcohol use and driving in the places and people around students (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, October 2002). Some people don't see underage drinking as a problem, when in reality it is a huge problem that every teenager will face. Since underage drinking is illegal, people want to rebel by drinking; plus, alcohol is really easy to find in college. Since many students will drink, the first line of defense is to educate students about the effects of alcohol and what can happen if students drink and drive. Unless we can end underage drinking and driving through education and a system called smart start, the problem will not improve. Many students don't understand why the drinking age is higher than the voting age. Some people think that if you are old enough to vote for the President of the United States then you are mature enough to drink at eighteen. But these rules were put in place for a reason. The Uniform Drinking Act was passed in 1984. Prior to this, twenty-nine states set the drinking age at eighteen, the age at which one could join the military, but this posed a problem. Once states did so, drunk driving and alcohol-related accidents soared. This is why the Uniform Drinking Age Act was enacted. This act took place during the Reagan administration and established that all fifty states had to raise their drinking age to twenty-one within a five-year period. Since that act was enacted, the death toll… is half paper… people and when that happens it is harmful to health. So, through education and the implication of the Smart Start system not only can lives be saved, but also the pain and grief that accompanies the death of a loved one, which in return can make people warm up and live longer. Bibliography1. https://www.smartstartinc.com2. Center for Science in the Public Interest 20003. http://www.madd.org/underage-drinking/why21/history.htm4. NHTSA, Highway Safety Facts “Young Drivers,” 20115. http://www.centurycouncil.org/drunk-driving/young-drivers-and-alcohol6. NHTSA/FARS, 20137. Alcohol: How Does It Affect You?8. Report Number 204-February 2008The Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Fatal Traffic Accidents Allan F. Williams, Robert F. Rich, Paul L. Zador, and Leon S. Robertson The Journal of Legal Studies, vol. 4, no. 1 (January 1975), pp. 219-239