L.B. lawyer: DUI laws discriminate against women

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Because women process alcohol differently than men, drunken-driving laws are discriminatory, according to a Long Beach lawyer cited in a PR News Wire story posted on the Reuters' Website. The attorney, who represents an organization of DUI attorneys in Los Angeles and Orange County, cites Italian research showing that an enzyme makes women more likely to appear above the legal limit for drunken driving when they're not actually too impaired to drive.

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