Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol · 1974 · 20 citations · 0 references
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Lowering the legal drinking age in Michigan from 21 to 18 was followed by a reported increase in the number of alcohol-involved fatal crashes, but no equivalent change in total fatal crashes, among drivers aged 18 to 20, suggesting that the increase in alcohol-involved crashes was the result of changes in official reporting practices rather than a change in drinking-and-driving practices.