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The 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act, [23 U.S.C. § 158], requires that States prohibit persons under 21 years of age from purchasing or publicly possessing alcoholic beverages as a condition of receiving State highway funds.
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.
Minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) laws set the legal age when people can buy alcohol. The MLDA in the United States is 21 years. This means that alcohol cannot be sold to people younger than 21. Before the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, the MLDA could differ by state.
Most states established 21 as the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA). However, Illinois and Oklahoma set the MLDA at 21 for men and 18 for women in 1933. In 1976, the US Supreme Court ruled that the gender disparity violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment in Craig v.
Since it was signed into law on July 17, 1984, the National Minimum Drinking Age Act has significantly impacted the day-to-day lives of America’s youth. Most people do not know that the drinking age was only made a national.
“The Congress strongly encourages each State to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages to persons who are less than 21 years of age.”
The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 is a federal law signed by President Ronald Reagan (R) on July 17, 1984, that prohibited the purchase and possession of alcoholic beverages for individuals under the age of 21.
The enactment of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 forced states to raise their legal age for purchase or public possession of alcohol to 21 or risk losing millions in federal highway funds. By 1988, all 50 states had raised their MLDA to 21.
21 is the Legal Drinking Age. The Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act in 1984, establishing 21 as the minimum legal purchase age. Drinking by high school seniors has fallen substantially — from 66% to 42% (see chart).
A Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) of 21 saves lives and protects health. Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) laws specify the legal age when an individual can purchase or publicly consume alcoholic beverages. The MLDA in the United States is 21 years.