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> Rather than seeing what percentage of sexual assaults "involve alcohol use", it would be more realistic and give less slanted numbers if you examined what percentage of intoxicated people commit sexual assault. Having seen and known intoxicated people, I would guess that number would be pretty low --- and it would also be far more useful in determining how "responsible" alcohol is for sexual assault.
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> -Eric Sleator

Limiting the discussion to what percentage of intoxicated people *commit* sexual assualt denies the part that alcohol can play in creating the *victims*. In a way, alcohol is the original date rape drug--except the victim is willingly consuming the drug--not taking it unaware of its potential (at least until their judgement becomes clouded by it).

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