'70's life

Hey guys, I just watched 'Dazed and Confused' and was wondering if any of you old-timers (j/k, no offense) remember the '70's being at all like that movie. Because if they were, then the world is becoming a really crappy place. Now me personally I don't drink and probably wouldn't want to participate in most of the stuff in that movie, but it was still amazing seeing how much freedom they had and how little they had to worry about getting in any serious trouble. Was the world really like that back then?