Introduction
Currently, the United States currently has a standardized legal drinking age of 21. This is primarily because the national government passed legislation that would deny a segment of national highway assistance from whichever state that did not accept 21 as the lowest age for acquiring and free possession of alcoholic drinks. It states that anyone under the age of 21 cannot legally consume, purchase or obtain any beverages containing alcohol unless accompanied by a spouse, guardian or parent of legal drinking age. Whereas some states have upheld a rather unswerving drinking age ever since the enactment of Prohibition, the Continue reading...