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In this article Cary emphasizes how different things were when she was in college compared to how college students are now. She talks about how there were kegs on school property, people sipping alcohol out of red solo cups, and cops dropping in to make sure everyone stayed safe. There was no fear of getting caught drinking, or making any huge mistakes. That was a different time. Since the new law has been in place, this has helped the drunk driving rates to go down, but that is a story of the past. Cary thinks that if the law is taken away, the drunk driving rates will not rise because it has been beaten into our head how dangerous and bad drunk driving is. I will use this source to further show how older, more informed citizens still agree

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