Is the US changing the drinking age?

Answer 1

The U.S. is not changing the 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 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 law was later amended, lowering the penalty to eight percent from fiscal year 2012 and beyond. States were forced to outlaw the purchase and public possession of alcoholic beverages by people under 21. Exceptions include possession (and presumably drinking) for religious practices, while in the company of parents, spouses, or guardians who are over 21, medical uses, and during the course of legal employment. The act was expressly upheld as constitutional in 1987 by the United States Supreme Court in South Dakota v. Dole.

Answer 2

The legal age is 21 and up.