Comment on Colorado Passes Its Third ‘Right To Repair’ Bill
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 month agoLol. We at least increased our legal limit for beer sold in groceries, so now more beers can be sold here.
But yeah, our liquor laws are quite stupid. But they make the state a bunch of money, so there’s that…
Pacmanlives@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Colorado actually went thought a similar thing about 7 years ago. Could only buy 3.2 beer at a grocery store. Every grocery store had a liquor store close to it so not a big deal at all
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Idk, it’s kind of a big deal because ours close on holidays and Sundays, so you can’t just pick up your favorite booze last-minute, you need to plan ahead.
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I grew up in Florida, where you can buy hard liquor in some gas stations, and now I live in Minnesota, which is now the last state with 3.2 beer - but we got Sunday liquor sales a few years ago (possibly because everyone in the Twin Cities would just go to Wisconsin if they wanted beer on Sunday) and now legal weed. A lot of grocery stores have attached liquor stores and it’s not a big deal, but it’s still silly.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
We have state-run liquor stores, and nobody else is allowed to sell anything harder than beer and hard lemonade (except restaurants and bars can sell prepared drinks). So stores with attached liquor stores just aren’t a thing, and generally speaking, the liquor store is a few blocks away from the nearest grocery (one major exception is a liquor store near an Asian market).
That said, I hear the state-run liquor stores are pretty good, and they’ll get pretty much any kind of liquor you ask for if they don’t stock it.
I don’t really understand the point though. Why not just open it up, tax it, and require checking id? Kids still drink here, and they get it the same way they do in areas with looser liquor laws: someone buys it for them.