In Berinia, the age at which people could begin to drink alcohol legally used to be 18  In 1990, in an attempt to reduce alcohol consumption and thereby to reduce alcohol-related traffic deaths among Berinians under 21, the legal drinking age was raised to 21  Alcohol-related traffic deaths among people under 21 have decreased significantly since 1990
Nevertheless, surveys show that people in that age-group drink just as much alcohol as they did before 1990
Alcohol consumption away from home, for example in bars and restaurants, is much lower among people under 21 than it was in 1990.