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The National Minimum Drinking Age Act is perhaps the law that has the most impact on the day-to-day lives of Americaâs youth since it was signed into law on July 17, 1984. While the 21-year-old drinking age seems embedded in American society, it is only a recent innovation.
Lower the Drinking Age to 19. Laurence Steinberg, a professor of psychology at Temple University, is the author of â Age of Opportunity: Lessons From the New Science of Adolescence.â. Updated February 10, 2015, 3:31 AM. The United States is one of a handful of countries that uses 21 as the minimum legal drinking age.Pretty much the rest of the developed world sets the minimum drinking age at 18. If highway safety really is the main concern, weâd accomplish much more by raising the driving age.n the other hand, having a drinking age of 21 has put colleges and universities in the difficult position of having to police a population of drinkers, half of whom are legally permitted to drink, and half of whom are not.