Question: when did the drinking age change to 21 in ri?
Answer: Rhode Island changed from age 18 to 19 in 1980, to age 20 in 1981 and then to age 21 in 1984. Vermont was the only state in the region to change from age 18 to age 21 in a single step. The "legal drinking age," therefore was an active topic in the region in the early 1980s.