daily nebraskan
Wednesday, january 16, 1980
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GLC predicts LB221 won't pass
By Kent Warneke
LB221 , which would raise Nebraska's legal drinking age
to 21 , will be brought to the legislative floor for the first
stage of floor debate Thursday, Mark Hirschfeld, chairman,
of the ASUN Government Liaison Committee, believes it
will not pass.
Hirschfeld said he is convinced the measure will not
pass, but if a compromise is needed, he would support an
amendment offered last year by Sen. Peter Hoagland of
Omaha and Donald Dworak of Columbus.
The amendment proposed that 19-year-olds be allowed
to buy -liquor in bars, but off-sale would be restricted to
21 -year-olds and older. It was defeated last year.
GLC conducted a survey of more than '1,500 high
school students, including the cities of Omaha, Lincoln,
Fremont, Lexington, Grand Island, McCook.Bellevue and
North Platte, to attempt to prove two main hypotheses,
Hirschfeld said.
Teen-age drinking
Hirschfeld said the survey was intended to show that
raising the legal drinking age will not significantly
decrease-and might increase-teen-age "drinking, and to
answer Grand Island Sen. Ralph Kelly's (the sponsor of
LB221) contention that fewer young people will drink
with a higher drinking age.
"Over half of the students surveyed said that they have
one source 21 or older who will buy for them. This shows
that if minors want alcohol, they can get it," Hirschfeld
said. "Over 90 percent of the students said that they
would still be able to obtain alcohol even with the higher
drinking age,M he also said.
Answering Kelly's contention that fewer young people
will have access, Hirschfeld said almost 70 percent of
those surveyed would go to a state with a lower drinking
age to get alcohol. -
Every state bordering Nebraska except Missouri would
have some form of alcohol available to people younger
than 21 . This could put many teens on the road and could
increase the number of drinking-related traffic accidents,
Hirschfeld said. '
Percentages are credible
He said the validity of a survey can always be question
ed, but the number of students surveyed -almost 3
percent of all high school students in the state-proves
that the percentages reached are still conclusive enough
for credibility.
Hirschfeld said Thursday's debate is only the first stage
in floor debate, and while it is important, approval
Thursday does not mean it will not be voted down later.
"A normal bill, if it gets past general file usually passes
into law," Hirschfeld said. "But this is a very emotional
issue and it will not be regarded lightly." .
The survey conducted by GLC has been sent to several
state senators and other interested parties, Hirschfeld said.
"All we can do is what we have done, and that is to
provide information to the senators and try to do any
other jobs that we can," Hirschfeld said.
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