Why did they change the legal drinking age to 21?
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Because irresponsible people were getting drunk and killing people in car wrecks.
It made alcohol more readily available to even younger kids. Instead of 21 year olds buying for 18 and 19 year olds, the 18 year olds were buying for the 15 year olds.
The studies showed strongly that traffic fatalities were lower in states with 21 year old drinking laws. Might not be such a big difference now that everyone at all ages is on the phone crashing into each other.
The federal government back in Reagan's time threatened to withhold highway funds from the states unless they jacked up the drinking age to 21.
The states threw the 18-20 crowd under the bus and caved.
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