Before my time: Michigan drinking age used to be 18

Date March 28, 2008

The malty taste of freedom
By
Eshwar Thirunavukkarasu on 3/28/08 - The Michigan Daily

On Jan. 1, 1972, Michigan lawmakers reduced the legal drinking age from 21 to 18, and for about seven years - before a petition drive overturned the lax law in 1978 - college underclassmen got a taste of legal drinking… (read more here)

*Thanks Mike!

2 Responses to “Before my time: Michigan drinking age used to be 18”

  1. Dave said:

    If they can serve our country in times of war, they ought to be able to drink MI craft beer!

  2. Denise said:

    Thanks!! We were arguing the fact of the dates that it was legal to drink in Michigan and you helped who won!! Thanks again!!

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