Yes. In every state, the drinking age is 21. Sucks, right?
Ohio raised its limit in 1987, three years after the federal Uniform Drinking Age Act reduced federal transportation funding to states that did not raise their drinking age to 21.Interestingly, 19 states do not specifically prohibit drinking under the age of 21, only the purchase and public possession (with certain exceptions) of alcohol.Read more: When_did_Texas_raise_the_legal_drinking_age_to_21
The minimum purchase and drinking age is a state law. Each individual U.S. state establishes by law the minimum age at which an individual may purchase alcoholic beverages. The U.S. Government passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act on July 17, 1984. This did not change the drinking age. However, it forced the individual states to establish the minimum drinking age as 21 or lose 10% of their federal highway funding. The minimum drinking age is 21 in all 50 U.S. states.
After the end of Prohibition in 1933, the legal drinking age in the United States varied by state. Many states initially set the drinking age at 21, but some states had lower ages. In 1984, the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed, which required all states to raise the minimum legal drinking age to 21 or face a reduction in federal highway funds.
The legal drinking age is now 21 in all states. A few years ago the drinking age varied by State. But, <sarcasm on> in keeping with the spirit of the tenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution stating that all authorities not specifically given to the Federal Government by the Constitution belong exclusively to the States; the Congress passed a law forcing the States to make 21 the legal drinking age, and the Supreme Court, the defender of the Constitution, declared this direct affront to the Constitution legal. The age does vary however in differing countries i.e.18 years old to enter bar and consume in the UK.
The legal age everywhere in the United States is 21.
The legal minimum drinking age is 21 in all 50 U.S. states.
The legal age to purchase alcohol is a national law, therefore it is the same in all fifty states. Twenty-one is the legal drinking age in the United States.
The drinking age in New York state in 1969 was 18. It was raised to 21 in 1982. Pressure by the federal government was brought to bear on states to raise the age.
The minimum drinking age is 21 in all 50 U.S. states. It never was age 25.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota_v._Dolehere is a start to your answerInterestingly, 19 states do not specifically prohibit drinking under the age of 21, only the purchase and public possession (with certain exceptions) of alcohol.Read more: When_did_the_drinking_age_change_from_18_to_21
The legal minimum drinking age is 21 in all 50 U.S. states.
The minimum drinking age in Minnesota is 21. It is 21 in all 50 U.S. states.
The minimum drinking age in New Hampshire is 21. It is 21 in all 50 U.S. states.
As of July 1988, all states have had a minimum drinking age of 21 years. However, most states provide exceptions that permit adults under that age to consume alcohol legally.Although the legal drinking age is historically determined by the state, all states now have the same age: 21.
Ohio raised its limit in 1987, three years after the federal Uniform Drinking Age Act reduced federal transportation funding to states that did not raise their drinking age to 21.Interestingly, 19 states do not specifically prohibit drinking under the age of 21, only the purchase and public possession (with certain exceptions) of alcohol.Read more: When_did_Texas_raise_the_legal_drinking_age_to_21
The minimum legal drinking age in the USA (all states) is generally 21 years. This is a Federal mandate that was put into affect by the the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, which required all states to raise their minimum alcohol beverage purchase and public possession (with exceptions) age to 21 years or face Federal funding cuts. See Related Links.
its 21 for all states i think