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From: daly@nybcb.UUCP (daly)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Legal Drinking Age
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Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 13:55:11 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 13 13:55:11 1986
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     In December, the legal drinking age went up to 21 in the state of New
York. Governor Cuomo and the other supporters of this law say that they support
the new law because it will saves lives by reducing alcohol related traffic 
fatalities. I'm sure this is true. By the same argument, if you raise the 
legal drinking age to 31 it will also reduce alcohol related traffic fatal-
ities, or 41 or 51 or 61. The draft age is 18. We trust 18-20 year olds with 
M-16's in the army, but not with alcohol. I think that's ridiculous. 18-20 
year olds are adults. To raise the drinking age to 21 is limited Prohibition, 
in my opinion & history shows us what a failure Prohibition was. By the way I 
am 23 years old, so the law didn't affect me. It just angered me.
                                            Shawn P. Daly
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