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I dont know what statistics or studies that were used [I doubt any real evidence exist] which determined that its okay to drink at 21, but not 18; however, many of the states bucketed under the pressures of national govenment and raised the minimum drinking age, so that they wouldnt have cuts to a Federal grant for road constructon. If Texas would have refused to adopt the higher age minmal age for drinking, they would have lost ten percent of its federal highway dollars after 1988. So it chose to raise the legal drinking aid to fund building and improvements of highways and roads, where many citizens of ages 21+ would later die, due to intoxicated drivers. <===I think I finally answered your question with this last sentence.
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What is the drinking age in Louisiana?
in 1987, the legal drinking age in Louisiana was raised from 18, to 21.
Should the drinking age be raised?
no
What is the legal drinking and purchase age of alcohol in Italy?
The legal drinking age is 18. It was raised from 16 to 18 in 2013, by the Italian health ministry.
When was the legal drinking age eighteen in Idaho?
The legal drinking age in Minnesota was 18 during 1973-1976. In 1973 the legal minimum drinking age in Minnesota was lowered from 21 to 18. In 1976 it was raised from 18 to 19 and raised again in 1986 from 19 to 21.
What was the legal drinking age in Florida in 1983?
It hasn't During the early 1970s it was reduced to 18.
When did the legal drinking age change in ga?
Prior to 1972 the minimum drinking age was 21 in Georgia. Georgia lowered its minimum drinking age from 21 to 18 years in 1972, raised it from 18 to 19 in 1984, raised it from 19 to 20 in 1985, and raised it from 20 to 21 in 1986.
What was the legal drinking age in Texas in 1977?
The legal drinking age in Texas was 18 in 1977. Texas lowered the minimum drinking age from 21 to 18 in 1973, raised it from 18 to 19 in 1981, and raised it from 19 to 21 in 1986.
Should the New- Zealand drinking age be raised from 18 to 20?
no, it should not
Legal drinking age in Minnesota in 1978?
The minimum drinking age in Minnesota was 19 in 1978. In 1973 it was lowered from 21 to 18. In 1976 it was raised from 18 to 19 and raised again in 1986 to 21.
Minium drinking age in Spain?
The legal drinking age in Spain used to be 16 in many regions. From time to time the age was raised from 16 to 18. In 2013 the last (autonomous) region, Asturias with a drinking age of 16 raised it to 18. Today the drinking age is 18 in all regions, but often unenforced.
How old do you have to be to drink in louisiana?
in 1987, the legal drinking age in Louisiana was raised from 18, to 21.
How long was the legal drinking age 18 in ny?
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.
