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The 1983 Wisconsin Act 74, effective July 1, 1984, created a drinking age of 19. Meeting in special session at the call of the governor, the legislature enacted 1985 Wisconsin Act 337, which raised the drinking age to 21 and brought the state into compliance with the NMDA (National Minimum Drinking Age) on September 1, 1986.
21 (no one underage is allowed consumption Section 28-1) Alaska: N/A: 21 [8] 1970: Lowered to 19 [10] 1984: Raised to 21 with grandfather clause (if born before January 1, 1965) [11] [12] 21 (unless the underage person is not on a licensed premises and the alcoholic beverage is provided by a parent, legal guardian, or spouse over the age of 21 ...
In what is known as pre-gaming or pre-partying, underage drinkers may hide their alcohol consumption by drinking quickly before they go out. Brittany Levine explained in her article "Pre-Gaming" in USA Today that "of all drinking events involving pre-partying, 80% involved additional drinking afterward."
In the United States, the national legal drinking age is 21 years old and has been so since 1984. However, according to information provided by the Alcohol Policy Information System — a project ...
[i] While the installation commander is free to set the drinking age, with some exceptions, most stateside military bases have a drinking age that mirrors the local community. Individual states remain free to restrict or prohibit the manufacture of beer, mead, hard cider, wine, and other fermented alcoholic beverages at home. [5]
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College offered new sources of self-worth, and a writing career that would wind through the worlds of journalism then public policy in Wisconsin, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C. Drinking followed ...
Underage drinking is nearly impossible to prevent on college campuses because access to alcoholic beverages is extremely easy. [16] Though it is not the only factor that contributes to student drinking, liquor's contraband status seems to imbue it with mystique. As a result, use and abuse of liquor is seen as sophisticated and is expected. [17]