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The current purchase age of 21 remains a point of contention among many Americans, because of it being higher than the age of majority (18 in most states) and higher than the purchase ages of most other countries. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act is also seen as a congressional sidestep of the Tenth Amendment.
The legal drinking age varies from country to country. [1] In the United States, the legal drinking age is currently 21. [2] To curb excessive alcohol consumption by younger people, instead of raising the drinking age, other countries have raised the prices of alcohol beverages and encouraged the general public to drink less. Setting a legal ...
Any state that did not comply would have up to 10 percent of its federal highway funding withheld, the same strategy used to compel states into raising their drinking age to 21. Unlike within the United States, the United States territories of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands have a minimum purchasing age and drinking age of 18 ...
In the United States, the national legal drinking age is 21 years old and has been so since 1984. However, according to information provided by the Alcohol Policy Information System — a project ...
The drinking age is not being raised to 25. Let us repeat that. The legal drinking age is not being raised to age 25. A silly prank recently swept the Internet causing people to believe a ...
The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 (23 U.S.C. § 158) was passed by the United States Congress and was later signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on July 17, 1984. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The act would punish any state that allowed persons under 21 years to purchase alcoholic beverages by reducing its annual federal highway ...
In Delhi, the drinking age recently decreased from 25 to 21. In the popular tourist destination of Goa, it's 18. Wherever you choose to stay, make sure to consult the state's laws.
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