... studies on the drink-ing age from 1960 to 1999, a total of 132 documents. Com-prehensive searches were conducted of four databases to identify studies of interest: ETOH (1960-1999 ... and other outcomes; that is, as the legalage was lowered, the number of problems increased, andas the legal age was raised, the number of problems de-creased. Of the ... 14,2002age, one of the early states to raise the legal age back to 21(Guy, 1978). The court ruled, on the basis of scientificevidence that linked lower drinking ages to increased...