Photo: #Data from 2004 to 2006 indicate that 15.1 percent of current drivers aged 18 or older drove under the influence of alcohol in the past year. Rates were highest in Wisconsin (26.4 percent), North Dakota (24.9 percent), Minnesota (23.5 percent), Nebraska (22.9 percent), and South Dakota (21.6 percent).
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Data from 2004 to 2006 indicate that 15.1 percent of current drivers aged 18 or older drove under the influence of alcohol in the past year. Rates were highest in Wisconsin (26.4 percent), North Dakota (24.9 percent), Minnesota (23.5 percent), Nebraska (22.9 percent), and South Dakota (21.6 percent). (Map courtesy of National Survey on Drug Use and Health)

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One in 10 Minnesota drivers has a DWI on their driving record. How should drunk driving be prevented and punished?

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  • Stephen Simon: Professor, University of Minnesota Law School. Founder and director of the Minnesota Criminal Justice System DWI Task Force. Chair of the 1992 Minnesota Legislature Commission on the Treatment and Confinement of DWI Recidivists.

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