When I lived in Michigan, I could buy beer, wine, and Jack Daniels at 7-11. I think the convenience stores were easily as effective at carding people as any of the packies I've gone to in Mass. Same thing with grocery stores. I don't remember ever buying booze and cigarettes at Meijer without being carded for it.
As for kids selling booze to their friends, I knew somebody that was fined $3000 for serving minors. That's a lot of money for a minimum wage person to have to scrounge up. The store got fined as well, I forget how much.
In 2004 (according to http://www.alcoholalert.com) 37% of Michigan's 1,159 traffic related fatalities were alcohol related, compared to 43% of Massachusetts 476 traffic related fatalities.
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As for kids selling booze to their friends, I knew somebody that was fined $3000 for serving minors. That's a lot of money for a minimum wage person to have to scrounge up. The store got fined as well, I forget how much.
In 2004 (according to http://www.alcoholalert.com) 37% of Michigan's 1,159 traffic related fatalities were alcohol related, compared to 43% of Massachusetts 476 traffic related fatalities.