1980
The legal minimum drinking age in West Virginia is 21. Prior to 1972 the minimum drinking age in West Virginia was 18 for beer and wine and 21 for liquor. In 1972 West Virginia established its minimum drinking age at 18 years for all alcoholic beverages. In 1983 West Virginia raised the minimum drinking age from 18 to 19. In 1986 West Virginia raised the minimum drinking age from 19 to 21.
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.
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 became 21 in all 50 U.S. states by 1986.
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.
The drinking age in New York state in 1969 was 18. It was raised to 21 in 1982. Pressure by the federal government was brought to bear on states to raise the age.
The minimum drinking age in Alabama is 21. The minimum drinking age in Alabama never was 18. Prior to 1970 the minimum drinking age in Alabama was 21. Alabama lowered its minimum drinking age from 21 to 19 years in 1970 and raised it from 19 to 21 in 1986.
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!
In Arizona, an amendment in 1972 lowered the minimum drinking age from 21 to 19. On January 1, 1985, Arizona changed their law to raise the minimum drinking age to 21 and it has remained in place since then.
After the end of Prohibition in 1933, the legal drinking age in the United States varied by state. Many states initially set the drinking age at 21, but some states had lower ages. In 1984, the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed, which required all states to raise the minimum legal drinking age to 21 or face a reduction in federal highway funds.
Virginia raised the legal drinking age from 18 to 21 in 1986. This change was in response to the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, which mandated that states enforce a minimum drinking age of 21 in order to receive federal highway funds. The law aimed to reduce alcohol-related accidents among young people.
The minimum drinking age in Kentucky is 21.
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.