Lowering the Drinking Age Ever since the end of prohibition in 1933 the United States government has placed the issue of MLDA (minimum legal drinking age) sensitively in the hands of the states. letting each decide for itself what the minimum age should be. At that time all agreed that the minimum legal drunken age should be 21, where it remained for all states until 1970. Between 1970, and 1975 a number of states (29 to be exact) played around with …showed first 75 words of 1388 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1388 total…drinking anyway,'' Scott Gorton Marine spokesman at camp Pendelton in San Diego also feels as Gain does and adds, "`If you're going to ask a young man or young wife to go to war and potentially spill blood or die for their country, I think it's safe to say they're old enough to handle alcohol." (Castaneda 1) Alcohol consumption is part of the American culture, and creates many opportunities. The manufacture and sal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**