Will lowering the age to buy liquor lessen binge drinking?

This is only one of many suggestions put forth in an article

that asked What is the Age of Responsibility. "Adult crime, adult

time" became a mantra some years back and resulted in more

juveniles being transferred from juvenile court jurisdiction into

the adult criminal justice system.

According to a statement from the federal Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, youths who had previously been tried

as adults are 34 percent more likely to commit a crime again

than those who went through the juvenile justice system. Not

only do young offenders treated as adults reoffend sooner and

more frequently, they’re also more likely to go on to commit

violent crimes, according to this statement.

Is it time to revisit the general concept of the age of

responsibility and attempt to utilize scientific knowledge

as part of the determination? Is society willing to

reconsider some past policies that resulted in correction

budgets too high for states, cities, and counties to deal

with when revenues are lower?

Do you agree with the 135 presidents of various universities

who posit that if the age to buy liquor were lower, binge

drinking might have less of an appeal since drinking would

no longer be a big deal?