The U.S. never had a federal minimum drinking age. The minimum purchase and drinking age is a state law. Each individual U.S. state establishes by law the minimum age at which an individual may purchase Alcoholic Beverages. The minimum drinking age has varied in the states throughout history. However, currently the minimum drinking age is 21 in all 50 U.S. states.
The minimum purchase and drinking age is a state law. Each individual U.S. state establishes by law the minimum age at which an individual may purchase alcoholic beverages. The U.S. Government passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act on July 17, 1984. This did not change the drinking age. However, it forced the individual states to establish the minimum drinking age as 21 or lose 10% of their federal highway funding. The minimum drinking age is 21 in all 50 U.S. states.
The U.S. Government passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act on July 17, 1984. This did not change the drinking age. However, it forced the individual states to establish the minimum drinking age as 21 or lose 10% of their federal highway funding. Currently the minimum drinking age is 21 in all 50 U.S. states.
The minimum drinking age in Massachusetts was 21 in 1969. In 1973 Massachusetts lowered the minimum drinking age from 21 to 18. It was then raised from 18 to 20 in 1979 and raised again to 21 in 1985. The minimum drinking age in Massachusetts still is 21.
January 1, 1972....I know, I was standing in line to buy beer waiting for midnight and the law to come into effect...I 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.
Wrong , it was raised in 1978 , Proposition 13. East Lansing bars almost all closed down as a result.
from early 1972 thru Noivember 1978
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.
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Prior to 1972 the minimum drinking age was 21 in Michigan. Michigan lowered the minimum drinking age from 21 to 18 in 1972, raised it from 18 to 19 in 1978, and raised it from 19 to 21 in 1978.
1986 and that was for the entire United States.
The legal drinking age in the Cayman Islands is 18.
The drinking age in Belize is 18 , however in Hunduras there is no "legal drinking age" :)
wheat is age for drinking in Pakistan 18
There is no legal drinking age, but you have to be 18 to purchase.
The legal drinking age in Vanuatu is 18
The legal drinking age in Nicaragua is 18