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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 drinking age of 21 is designed to discourage reckless alcohol ...
Minimum legal purchase age as of 1975 (when most states had their lowest age limit): Detail on dual age limits. Minimum legal purchase age as of 1983 (one year before the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed): Minimum age is 21. Minimum age is 20. Minimum age is 19 and 21. Minimum age is 19.
Sale or distribution of grain alcohol higher than 60% ABV is illegal (legal if it is sold by a pharmacy or drug store to a person with a prescription), but there is no upper limit for other distilled liquors (B&P 23403). [21][22] You may serve alcohol if you are at least 21 years of age.
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 apportionment by ...
Legal drinking age: 21 The 16- to 20-year-old set in much of Europe and other places with more liberal drinking laws can have a sobering adjustment visiting the United States.
17. 16. 15 or younger. No regulation/no age set. The legal drinking age is the minimum age at which a person can legally consume alcoholic beverages. The minimum age alcohol can be legally consumed can be different from the age when it can be purchased in some countries.
Alcohol consumption by youth in the United States. Although the minimum legal age to purchase alcohol is 21 in all U.S. states and most territories [1] (see National Minimum Drinking Age Act), the legal details for consumption vary greatly. Although some states completely ban alcohol usage for people under 18, the majority have exceptions that ...
Alcohol legalized in 1927 – Minimum legal drinking age set at 21. Minimum legal drinking age lowered to 19 in 1972. [46] Northwest Territories: Alcohol legalized in 1891 – Minimum legal drinking age set at 21. Minimum legal drinking age lowered to 19 in 1970. [46] Nova Scotia: Alcohol legalized in 1929 – Minimum legal drinking age set at 21.