new jersey changed the drinking age to 21 in 1983.
when did new jersey change the drinking age to 21?
1983
new jersey's drinking age was lowered to 18 in 1973 as part of a broader legal change which reduced new jersey's age of majority from 21 to 18. much of the impetus for lowering the drinking age to 18 was to grant returning vietnam veterans the right to purchase alcohol. possibly because of concerns about 18-year-old high school students being able to legally purchase liquor, and then illegally consume it school, the state raised the drinking age to 19 in 1980. citing statistics that indicated an increase in car deaths among drivers under 21, the drinking age was raised back to 21 in 1983. at the same time, the penalties for underage drinking were increased to include a mandatory driver's license suspension. in 1985, the state made it illegal for an adult to give alcohol to a person under 21, with exception for religious services and parents serving alcohol to their own children at home or in a private area.
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bullet::::- minimum legal drinking age lowered to 19 in 1972.





























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bullet::::- alcohol legalized in 1891 - minimum legal drinking age set at 21.





























bullet::::- minimum legal drinking age lowered to 19 in 1970.





























bullet::::- nova scotia:





























bullet::::- alcohol legalized in 1929 - minimum legal drinking age set at 21.





























bullet::::- minimum legal drinking age lowered to 19 in 1971.





























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bullet::::- alcohol legalized in 1923 - minimum legal drinking age set at 21.





























bullet::::- minimum legal drinking age lowered to 18 in 1971.





























bullet::::- minimum legal drinking age raised to 19 in 1979.
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