Was the 18 YO Drinking Age the Most Damaging?

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Back in my younger days as an undergrad (a little over 20 years ago) the drinking age in my home state (Florida) was 19; when I went to college at Oklahoma is when I had my first encounter with weird drinking laws. Prior to September 1983, those 18 and over could purchase 3.2 beer; you had to be 21 and older for 'strong beer' (over 3.2%) or hard liquor. And there was a very hard-fought referendum the following year over serving liquor by the drink in Oklahoma. (If you wanted a mixed drink, you had to join a private club and bring your own bottle at the liquor store; the club provided the 'setups' (I think Utah still uses this setup today.))

Here's the story on why Oklahoma was the last 'dry' state to go 'wet': http://www.normantranscript.com/stor...y_id=9290&c=12