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I think this would require a change in society's attitude before a lowering of age limits. Sure some other countries have 18 drinking limit, but not all of them deal with it well.
Quebec has a limit of 18, but when I was working there, I know I had 14 and 15 yr old students who went to the bars. I don't mind if kids drink that young - but it should be at home with their family.
I think in most of our society alcohol does seem to mix often with dangerous situations such as driving and unsafe sex(or rape). I don't expect to ever see the elimination of the correlation between alcohol and bad situations like that, but if young people can't drink somewhat responsibly (yet illegally), why should we trust them any more just because they'd be of legal age?
(yes I understand that not only young people are drunk drivers, but again it is the young people that seem to make the news more often, isn't it?[and i don't think that's purely media spin])
I still remember one thing from alcohol awareness week my freshmen year: if you're drinking just to get drunk, that's not a good reason to drink (and can actually be a sign of alcoholism).
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