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Hawaii Senate Votes to Raise Drinking Age

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Associated Press

The Hawaii Senate has passed and sent to Gov. George Ariyoshi a bill that would raise the legal age for drinking from 18 to 21 on Oct. 1. The vote Wednesday was 23 to 2.

The drinking law would remain in effect for a five-year trial period, after which legislators and state officials would review whether the change had any substantial impact on drinking-related deaths and injuries on the highways.

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