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To: robertpaulsen
the number of users dropped by over 60% since 1979, and remained flat for the last ten years (with the exception of the last year or two).

I call that a success.

This decline may have nothing to do with the WOD, as alcohol use declined during the same period. ("the per capita consumption of alcohol has continued to decline since 1980 among the populace as a whole, and among underage drinkers [...] Since 1980 per capita consumption among college students has slowly decreased mirroring a decrease among adults." - http://www.indiana.edu/~engs/articles/kb.html)

414 posted on 09/20/2004 1:37:57 PM PDT by Know your rights (The modern enlightened liberal doesn't care what you believe as long as you don't really believe it.)
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To: Know your rights
"as alcohol use declined during the same period"

For its own reasons that had nothing to do with the WOD.

"The creation of grass roots associations such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving, severe penalties against drunk driving, public outcry against fetal alcohol syndrome, decreases in legal blood alcohol concentration limit for impaired driving, 21 year old alcohol purchase laws, abstinence education in schools and colleges, tavern owners being liable for alcohol related incidence, and warning labels on alcoholic beverages are all part of the current movement."

417 posted on 09/20/2004 2:15:33 PM PDT by robertpaulsen
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