In that case, said Tom Cecial, I was a madman of my own accord when I volunteered to become your squire, and, of my own accord, I'll leave off being one and go home. View in context
The 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act, [23 U.S.C. Â§ 158], requires that States prohibit persons under 21 years of age from purchasing or publicly possessing alcoholic beverages as a condition of receiving State highway funds.
The minimum drinking age did not necessarily change from 18 to 21 years in a single step. For example, Connecticut changed from age 18 to19 in 1982, from 19 to 20 in 1983 and then to age 21 in 1985. Maine changed from age 18 to 20 in 1977, and then to age 21 in 1985.alifornia, Oregon and Washington have had 21 year old minimum drinking ages since the 1930s. Alaska adopted an age 21 law in 1984 and Hawaii did so in 1986. Oregon was the third state in the nation, after Maryland and Arizona, to adopt a zero tolerance law.