The Legal Drinking Age Used to Be Different in Every State. Here’s What America Looked Like Before 1984. [MAP]

It’s difficult for many Americans to imagine the United States without 21 as the federal drinking age. In the U.S., legally consuming an alcoholic drink at 21 years old has become a rite of passage, largely due to the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, which mandated…

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