[caymanjim]

I'm old enough to remember when New Jersey had a drinking age of 18. They lowered it from 21 to 18 in the early 70s (almost certainly a result of "old enough to fight in Vietnam but not old enough to drink" movements). They raised it to 19 in 1980, and to 21 in 1983. I was only 10 then.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._history_of_alcohol_minimu...