More than 100 college presidents are backing the idea of lowering the legal drinking age from 21-years old to 18-years-old.

President of Colorado College Richard Celeste is one of the many presidents who believe that if you force college kids to wait until they're 21 you're only encouraging them to binge drink. "That's not something I would expect from him," said Colorado College student Tirso Peguero.

The initiative is called the Amethyst Initiative. The word stems from ancient Greece. It means to ward off drunkenness.

"I'm a big fan of it," said Colorado College student Mandy Moench.

"I think it's a good idea, but I don't see it happening," said Peguero.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving hopes it doesn't happen either. "If you make alcohol more accessible to youth more youth are going to die," said Pamela VanOverbeke, MADD Victim Advocate.

According to a MADD study 72% of parents say the legal drinking age should stay the same.

VanOverbeke says because of the 21-age requirement more than 900 kids are saved every year. "That's the bottom line," said VanOverbeke.

But ask any college student, and they'll tell you changing the law only makes sense.

"You can go to war, you can vote, but you can't drink," said Moench.

"If alcohol were the norm earlier we wouldn't have these kinds of issues," said Peguero.

Some college students believe teaching teens their limits at 18-years-old would slow down the culture of dangerous binge drinking.

"I don't understand it," said VanOverbeke. She says your age and binge drinking are two separate issues.

Mesa State College in Grand Junction and Naropa University in Boulder are the other two colleges in Colorado that are behind the initiative.