In 1990, in an attempt to reduce alcohol consumption and thereby to reduce alcohol-related traffic deaths among Berinians under 21, the legal drinking age was raised to 21.

1990年，为了减少酒精消费，从而减少21岁以下的贝宁人与酒精有关的交通死亡，政府将法定饮酒年龄提高到21岁。