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Re:L.A. temporarily suspends Uber’s permit to rent out elect... by SpicyLemonZest on Monday November 04, 2019 @01:29PM (#21444692)
I'm very comfortable saying alcohol affects the world as much as Uber does. Liquor stores regularly use sketchy loopholes to dodge regulation, and the entire reason they're so tightly regulated is that we believe unrestricted liquor sales will kill people.
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Re:L.A. temporarily suspends Uber’s permit to rent out elect... by lm28469 on Monday November 04, 2019 @01:41PM (#21444851)
I'm very comfortable saying alcohol would never be approved/legal if it started being marketed 10 years ago.
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Re:L.A. temporarily suspends Uber’s permit to rent out elect... by rootusrootus on Monday November 04, 2019 @02:04PM (#21445139)
Like cannabis?
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Re:L.A. temporarily suspends Uber’s permit to rent out elect... by lm28469 on Monday November 04, 2019 @02:14PM (#21445261)
You mean illegal in most places, barely tolerated for medical purposes in a few other and legal in a very few states/countries VS legal and abused almost universally in the world ? Yeah exactly.
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Re:L.A. temporarily suspends Uber’s permit to rent out elect... by xfitm3 on Monday November 04, 2019 @01:37PM (#21444820)
Liquor is tightly regulated for tax enforcement.
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