illinois raised the drinking age to 21 in 1919.
illinois raised the drinking age to 21 in 1919.
when did illinois raise the drinking age to 21?
1919
several studies, including a 2011 review, provided evidence against the idea that raising the drinking age to 21 actually saved lives in the long run. for example, miron and tetelbaum (2009) found that when the federally coerced and non-coerced states were separated out, any lifesaving effect is no longer statistically or practically significant in the coerced states, and even in the voluntary-adopting states the effect does not seem to last beyond the first year or two. they also find that the 21 drinking age appears to have only a minor impact on teen drinking. there is also some evidence that traffic deaths were merely shifted from the 18-20 age group to the 21-24 age group rather than averted. additionally, canada, australia, the uk, and several other nations saw similar or faster declines in traffic fatalities than the usa did since the early 1980s despite not raising their drinking ages to 21. in contrast, the institute of medicine reviewed a large number of studies on the minimum legal drinking age, including peer-reviewed academic reviews, and largely viewed the policy as a success—so much so that they argued for similar restrictions on tobacco. for example, they a quote a study by kypri and colleagues stating that that "no traffic safety policy, with the possible exception of motorcycle safety helmet laws, has more evidence for its effectiveness than do the minimum legal drinking age laws.”
national minimum drinking age act
bullet::::- minimum legal drinking age lowered to 19 in 1972.









































bullet::::- northwest territories:









































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.









































bullet::::- ontario:









































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.
alcohol law