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In 1980, when the legal drinking age in New Jersey was changed to 19, fatalities were at an all-time high for 18 to 20 year olds, with 88 young people losing their lives in drunk driving crashes on our roadways.n 2007, ten young people were killed in drunk driving crashes on New Jersey roadways. That number has remained constant since 2005. Overall, the State has experienced a 78 percent reduction in DWI fatalities for young people ages 18 to 20 since the drinking age was raised to 21 in the 1980âs.
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.