[PackerBoy]

The drinking age was 18 when I was growing up in Wisconsin in the early 70s. I was able to have a beer with my pizza before heading to my (Catholic) high school to attend a basketball game. It was no big deal. Sure some abused alcohol, and there were younger kids sneaking drinks when they could. (I recall riding my 10-speed bicycle to a local bar and being served at the age of 16.)

There were very few run-ins with the law. I never heard of any drunk driving arrests or alcohol-related auto accidents. Your parents were a bigger concern, and belive me they monitored our consumption and behavior.

[Twink]

When I was a kid, drinking beer, wine, etc. was no big deal. We had homemade wine with every meal. It was during the time I was a teen, late 70s/early 80s that it became this “issue.”