1980
1982
In 1984, the legal drinking age in Massachusetts was 20 years old. However, that year marked a significant change as the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was enacted, which required states to raise the legal drinking age to 21. Massachusetts complied with this federal mandate, and the drinking age was officially changed to 21 on July 1, 1985.
1979
When the 21 year old restriction was put on the drinking age, no one was excluded. There is no grandfathering when it comes to the drinking age.
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.
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.
In New York State, the legal drinking age of 21 went into effect on December 1, 1985. This change was part of a broader national trend spurred by the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, which required all states to raise and enforce the minimum legal drinking age to 21. Prior to this law, many states had varying drinking ages, often lower than 21.
The legal drinking age in British Columbia is 19.
No, the legal drinking age in the United States is still 21 years old. There have been no recent changes to increase the drinking age to 25.
1971
1973 - this isn't right. I only know NSW & Qld, but in my lifetime there wasn't an Australia wide drinking age. I was born in 1952 and legally drinking in 1970 in NSW, aged 18. Qld was 21 at that time. My father was born 1921 and was also legally drinking at age 18 in NSW.