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re: When did Louisiana switch the legal age of drinking from 18
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:35 pm to Bedhog
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:35 pm to Bedhog
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we have to know each other. Same age, almost same birthdays. My birthday is in late August. Never affected me at all.
I have a lot of mutual friends with mikelbr. I'm a Central baw though but I knew a lot of Weedlawn kids too
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Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:35 pm to fallguy_1978
shite, Jimbos on Old Hammond at Sharp was selling us beer in Middle school
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:36 pm to fallguy_1978
Yeah, you know me. Mikee will let you know who I am on FB.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:36 pm to Bedhog
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shite, Jimbos on Old Hammond at Sharp was selling us beer in Middle school
Got arrested for buying underage at Jo Lee's Liquor on Florida Blvd at 17
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:37 pm to fallguy_1978
Hole sheet. Haven't heard that place name for a while. Yeah, we were buying it there too. Right by Stevendale
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:37 pm to Bedhog
It was sometime in '95 or early '96 because I turned 18 in summer '96 and couldn't legally drink until 21.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:37 pm to fallguy_1978
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Right around the time I tuned 18 so 1996. I remember some rumor that it was overturned and all the bars let everyone drink that night but it was indeed fake news.
State supreme court ruled that the 21 drinking age was unconstitutional. Everyone could drink for about a week. Then Dick Ieyoub decided he could just enforce the law anyway and got the court to suspend the ruling. One of the judges was interim and when the new guy was elected they reversed the decision.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:38 pm to Bedhog
Fron what I remember they changed it to 21 to buy and consume alcohol in the late 80's as mentioned, but for several years into the mid 90's it was legal for a bar owner to sell it to an 18 year old. It was a clever loophole. They changed it to 21 once the feds threatened taking away highway funds, etc.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:39 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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Dick Ieyoub
That guy was a shithead, and I'm not just talking about the drinking thing.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:43 pm to jeff5891
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frick your link
Sounds painful.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:44 pm to fallguy_1978
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I have a lot of mutual friends with mikelbr.
You sure you want to let the world know about that?
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:45 pm to RummelTiger
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frick your link
Sounds painful.
Pics of link?
They changed it a long time after it mattered to me.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:46 pm to CaptainsWafer
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You sure you want to let the world know about that?
He actually knows my wife too. FML
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:46 pm to Bedhog
i turned 18 in 94, that was the legal age at the time, starting maybe in 95 they went to 21, but that went to court. So it went back to 18 for a while, then i think 96 it went to 21 & stayed there.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:47 pm to Bedhog
In the 80s, It was made illegal to buy it under 21 but was legal to sell it to an 18 yr old.
It was created as a loophole to keep federal highway funds but not to actually enforce underage drinking laws
The feds only bought it for so long and 95-96 they closed the loophole and made it a hard 21.
I know bc I was 20 for about 3 months after it was enforced and bars actually enforced it. Those 3 months sucked.
Within a year, enforcement fell off again even though the law has continued on the books.
It was created as a loophole to keep federal highway funds but not to actually enforce underage drinking laws
The feds only bought it for so long and 95-96 they closed the loophole and made it a hard 21.
I know bc I was 20 for about 3 months after it was enforced and bars actually enforced it. Those 3 months sucked.
Within a year, enforcement fell off again even though the law has continued on the books.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:47 pm to Mariner
They did do a temporary period in 86. I wasn't of age so didnt remember. Do remember when it permanently went to 21 because I had friends that I partied with who all of a sudden couldn't get in bars nor drink just because they were several months younger than me.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:51 pm to jeff5891
It was 96 and I just turned 18. Normally that would sound like a bad thing but back then you could get in some bars at 16 (not legally) and purchase alcohol at some select stores (not legall) It wasn't a big deal for some reason..
This post was edited on 1/26/20 at 7:21 pm
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:53 pm to Mariner
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Fron what I remember they changed it to 21 to buy and consume alcohol in the late 80's as mentioned, but for several years into the mid 90's it was legal for a bar owner to sell it to an 18 year old. It was a clever loophole. They changed it to 21 once the feds threatened taking away highway funds, etc.
It changed in 86. People between 18-20 were "grandfathered" in.
However, IIRC, the law was shortly enforced as:
You could buy at 18, but not drink until you turned 21.
As I recall, Louisiana potentially losing 100's of millions in highway funds forced the states hand in the mid 90's.
ETA:
Tigahbruh beat me to it.
This post was edited on 1/25/20 at 8:55 pm
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:54 pm to PlanoPrivateer
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When the Federal government threatened Louisiana with cutting off the highway funds.
Did this really happen?
Posted on 1/25/20 at 8:54 pm to Bedhog
August 25th, 1995
I turned 21 a month later
I turned 21 a month later
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