When was the drinking age raised to 21?

Question

i know it use to be 18 what happen to make them rais the drinking age to 21

Answer 1

Definitely around 84'-87'. They changed it over a period of a few years. Every year it went up. My X husband, then my boyfriend, was right at the age were when after his legal b-day rolled around he would only be legal for a few months before they changed it. Went on for a couple of years...lol.

Answer 2

The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 required all states to raise their minimum purchase and public possession of alcohol age to 21.

Answer 3

i thought it was 21 every where in america. At least it has been the whole time i was aware of the issue. Of course i am only twenty one right now... lol

Answer 4

The older you are the more likely you are to make good choices and act responsibly.  so if the age has truly been raised to 21 i say GOOD!

Answer 5

16 is driving

18 is voting

21 is drinking

its always been like this...

Answer 6

I had a friend who was just in Puerto Rico..Their roads are sooo bad...because they still have the drinking age at 18 and will not get federal funding to fix their roads because of it..That's why most of the states switched..Money for roads...hhmmmm...They did it around 1988 in my state of Colorado.