Many believe that once the drinking age was set at 21, deaths dropped, but "in a comprehensive and undisputed study, Asch and Levy prove that raising the drinking age simply shifted the lives lost from the 18-20 age group to the 20-year-old age group. age 21-24” (Youth Rights, 2005). Peter Asch and David T. Levy showed in their study that raising the age to 21 did not decrease the death rate from drunk driving, but simply increased the average age of those who die in alcohol-related accidents. The study said