no
no, it should not
the drinking age is 8. TB+D*
There is no need for the drinking age to be raised to 21 because at age 21 is when most peoples brains are done developing. Also age 21 has been the drinking age since 1984 so they wouldn't change it 26 years later.
1984
The drinking age in Florida was raised to 19 in 1980 and remained 19 until 1985. In 1985 the drinking of alcoholic beverages was raised to the current age limit of 21.
in 1987, the legal drinking age in Louisiana was raised from 18, to 21.
When I was eighteen, I thought it should be lowered. Now I believe it should be raised to twenty-five!
It hasn't During the early 1970s it was reduced to 18.
Massachusetts changed the legal drinking age from Age 18 to Age 20 on April 16, 1979. It was raised again from Age 20 to Age 21 on December 5, 1984 by Governor Michael Dukasis. He was forced to raise the drinking age to 21 or face losing $25.5 million in Federal Highway Funding. All states were mandated to raise the drinking age to 21 by October 1, 1986.
After the end of prohibition the minimum drinking age in New York was 18. New York State raised its minimum drinking age from 18 to 19 years in 1982 and raised it from 19 to 21 years on December 1, 1985.
From the end of Prohibition to 1973 drinking age in Florida was 21. It was lowered to 18 in 1973, then raised to 19 in 1980 and then raised back to 21 in 1985. So to answer your question drinking age in 1980 was 19 years old!
It should be lowered to because if you're old enough to buy smokes you should be able to buy drinks.