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Originally Posted by moon
That doesn't show that everybody drank less at all. You really have a hard time understanding cause and correlation don't you?
It is not just the 1-2 beer drinkers having less but since those are the people that obviously pay more attention to following the laws and monitoring their drinking than it is most likely (see how I don't use the crazy absolutes that you always do) that they are the majority of the people changing their drinking habits.
I would say that it is highly unlikely that the most dangerous group changed their drinking habits at all based on the BC law.
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You are right, I shouldn't say everybody drank less. But you do admit it isn't just the 1-2 beer drinking that are decreasing the amount they drink. It is the people that drink 5 or 6 too. I know people like that who use to have 6 and drive and now they have 3 and drive... most likely at 6 drinks they are above 0.08 (but think they are fine to drive) at three they are not.
I agree it is highly unlikely the most dangerous group is changed. But I changes a lot of people that are over 0.08 that don't think they are in the dangerous group. And do you really think stricter laws are going to prevent the really drunk people too. The laws have gotten stricter over time, but still it is a major issue. Do the laws have to be stricter, or maybe a justice system that actually prosecutes the guilty instead of most the charges not sticking on a technicality. An instant punishment prevents them from getting off on a technicality.