Underage drinking has become an epidemic in the United States. Starting to consume alcohol at a young age damages the brain development process and also leaves behind long-term alcohol problems. According to Heisenberg's case against the State of Missouri, the national average for underage drinking begins at age fifteen. Curiosity allows students under the age of twenty-one to want to experiment with toxins like alcohol. These dangerous decisions then create the dangerous action of driving while intoxicated. The government should create laws that not only strengthen existing laws, but also modify them, in ways that restrict young adults. The legal drinking age of twenty-one should be increased to twenty-five, as underage drinking leads to delayed brain development, would decrease young adults' curiosity to adopt dangerous behaviors and is also the leading cause of car accidents. more damaging to the body and brain than small amounts of alcohol consumed more often, because extremely high blood alcohol levels are toxic to the organs, severely impair sensory and cognitive functions, and encourage the formation of habits or addictions . A young brain has weaker controls that would prevent a person from drinking too much. Scientists are discovering clues in the brain that could help them identify the most vulnerable young people in the hope of stopping alcohol problems before they start. According to psychiatry researcher Reagan R. Wetherill of the University of Pennsylvania, "the goal is to enhance brain development 'just enough' so that young people can 'inhibit their own drinking behaviors before 'act'”. In the study, the 21 children who had started drinking heavily had, in the middle of their paper ...... or drivers under the age of 21 who consumed any amount of alcohol and drove, the New York Zero tolerance law applies. This law imposes a sanction for a first offense by a mandatory suspension of the license for 6 months and fines and fees of $225. For a second violation of the zero tolerance law, the fine and fees are the same, but the license is revoked for an entire year or until the person reaches the age of 21, depending on the period. longer. Underage drinking has affected many people, especially those who consume large amounts of alcohol under the age of twenty-one. The government has the ability to not only raise awareness of the dangers, but also raise the drinking age nationally to a safer age. At age twenty-five, not only has the brain developed properly, but it can also reduce the risk of disasters and car accidents in the United States..