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Although the legal drinking age in the United States is 21, the minimum age to work as a bartender or barback varies from 18 to 21. [3] See also
Unless otherwise noted, if different alcohol categories have different minimum purchase ages, the age listed below is set at the lowest age given (e.g. if the purchase age is 18 for beer and 21 for wine or spirits, as was the case in several states, the age in the table will read as "18", not "21").
(The minimum age to serve or sell alcohol in a grocery store or convenience mart is 16 as long as the minor is supervised by someone over the age of 21; The minimum age to work as a bartender or in a restaurant that sells alcohol is 21.) Work hour restrictions: 14: Maximum 48 hours in 1 week, and 8 hours in 1 day. 16: Unrestricted
As of July 1988, all 50 states and the District of Columbia had a minimum purchase age of 21, with some grandfather clauses, and with the exception of Louisiana's complicated legal situation that was not resolved until July 2, 1996. [1] [2] Prior to 1988, the minimum purchase age varied by jurisdiction. After enactment of the Act, states not in ...
Exceptions to the minimum age of 21 for drinking alcohol in the United States, as of 1 January 2007. In the United States, the minimum legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages has mainly been 21 years of age since shortly after the passage of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act in 1984. The two exceptions are Puerto Rico and the Virgin ...
In 1973, the minimum age was decreased to 18 years old in Montgomery County and Prince George's County. In 1974, the minimum age was decreased to 18 years old for the entire state. In 1982, [ 18 ] the minimum age was increased to 21 years old but with a grandfather clause which allowed those who had already turned 18 (born June 30, 1964 or ...
Since 1984, when the National Minimum Drinking Age Act made the minimum legal drinking age for every state in the nation 21, there has been a steady increase in the prevalence of alcohol use, heavy use, and frequent use among underage drinkers as the age increases. Across all ages, the highest rates of alcohol abuse occur among persons 19 years ...
In response to the National Minimum Drinking Age Act in 1984, which reduced by up to 10% the federal highway funding of any state that did not have a minimum purchasing age of 21, the New York Legislature raised the drinking age from 19 to 21, effective December 1, 1985. (The drinking age had been 18 since 1933, before the first increase of the ...