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Article: PUT STATE'S VINEYARDS ON LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- May 12, 2004
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Byline: PETER SALTONSTALL
A recent commentary in the Times Union proves how the manipulation of credible information can be used to support a tenuous position.
The Small Winery Owners of New York support the removal of a Prohibition-era ban on the interstate shipping of New York-produced wine to individual consumers. Gov. George Pataki recommended the removal of this decades-old ban in his 2004-05 budget proposal.
But in an article published April 30, a representative of the New York Association of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Providers cited a 2003 National Academy of Sciences study, ``Reducing Underage Drinking,'' as proof that removing such a ...