The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 required that states set a minimum age to buy and publicly possess alcoholic beverages to 21 years of age or face a 10 percent cut of their federal highway apportionment.
The National Minimum Drinking Age Act infringes on states rights to freely set the minimum drinking age without fear of losing federal funding.
By abolishing the National Minimum Drinking Age Act and lowering the minimum drinking age to 18 the United States could help reduce dangerous binge drinking by introducing safe drinking habits at a younger age, increase tax income from the increase in sales of alcoholic beverages and further align drinking laws with the rest of the world.