7 states that have strict laws about how and when you can drink alcohol (Excerpt)

Source: https://www.thisisinsider.com/

Ann Schmidt 

January 14, 2019

The United States has a long history of regulating alcohol consumption, from Prohibition in the early 20thcentury, to the Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984.

The Drinking Age Act essentially required all states to mandate a 21-year-old drinking age or lose federal funding for state highways and by 1988, all 50 states complied.

Despite the mandatory minimum drinking age, states still have their own interesting laws about alcohol and some states are actually strict about it.

The United States has a long history of regulating alcohol consumption.

In 1919, the ratification of the 18th Constitutional Amendment banned alcohol across the country. It wasn’t until 1933 when Prohibition was repealed by the ratification of the 21 st Amendment.

Before 1984, each state could set its own minimum age requirement for drinking. But then Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which said states had to comply with a minimum drinking age of 21. States were compelled to comply, as the federal government would withhold federal funding for state highways if they did not. By 1988, all 50 states had complied.

Despite the uniform drinking age across the country, each state still has its own unique liquor laws, including where you can buy alcohol and what times you’re allowed to buy it. Many states have time restrictions on Sundays and restrictions on obtaining alcohol licenses.

Scroll down to find out which states have some strict liquor laws.

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