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Lowering legal blood-alcohol content to .05 a waste of time

COURTESY MIKE BURLEY / SB

Hawaii Sen. Josh Green recently introduced a bill in the state Legislature that attempts to lower the legal blood-alcohol content (BAC) limit from .08 percent to .05 percent. Green claims that lowering the blood alcohol content will make a big difference in protecting people on the road, but Sarah Longwell writes that it looks more like a political stunt.