Michael Jackson Is The Reason Why You Need To Be 21 Years old to drink alcohol.
let me explain
Michael Jackson is the reason you need to be 21 to drink alcohol. Seriously, it's the roaring 20s.
This American is partying like crazy, and Congress starts to realize there's a problem, and they pass the 18th Amendment prohibition. no making, selling, or consuming alcohol. Then, instead of drinking, people just turn to violence and organized crime.
So Congress repealed the amendment and left each state to decide their drinking age. Most states chose 21 years, but then you have Richard Nixon asking for 18-year-olds to join the soldiers for the Vietnam War, so the 26th Amendment is passed, letting 18-year-olds vote.
So the state decides that 18-year-olds should be able to drink too. the problem? 18-year-olds are dumb; they start drinking and driving. And Michael Jackson starts putting out anti-driving ads set to his music. So the new president, Ronald Reagan, has to do something. He decided to seize 5% of the highway fund if they did not increase their drinking age to 21 years. Then every state increased their age
