"This has never been questioned," she said later, sipping sangria. "I had a better man who said I was from Ohio, and I lost it. He once deceived a policeman in a liquor store." This happens again and again every weekend "idscard" across the United States. Binge drinking is widely regarded as synonymous with college life in this country, but the minimum drinking age is 21 - higher than almost anywhere else in the developed world.