i looked this up and believe it or not some counties in the US are known as 'dry counties'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_county this means there are no liquor sales.. states like kentucky, arkansas which have a lot of dry counties I bet you anything also have high alcoholic rates and DUI rates.
I did not know that. But as soon as you make something taboo it seems as though people are more inclined to be interested in it.
I'm not sure about the legal age limit in the States (is it 21 depending on where you live)? but in Canada the legal drinking age is 19 (except in Quebec where it is 18). I would suspect that most Americans are not waiting until 21 to have a drink. If you can drive a car, go off to war, vote, be put on death row, it seems to me that you should be allowed to drink responsibly.
Old Pug