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Re:Alcohol-Related Deaths Surge to Nearly 500 a Day, CDC Says by Spooky23 on Thursday February 29, 2024 @11:12PM (#39558458)
No moralizing required. The pandemic measures in some states made liquor and drink delivery easier or legal and frankly glorified alcohol consumption. My friends in New York who own a liquor store 5x their sales and moved into an old big box storefront.

Returning to 2019 regulatory framework is not prohibition nor blue laws. It would likely reduce alot of human suffering without impacting moderate drinkers.

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Re:Alcohol-Related Deaths Surge to Nearly 500 a Day, CDC Says by Aloha on Thursday February 29, 2024 @11:43PM (#39558595)
What in the regulatory framework substantively changed?

The only thing I can recall was to-go liquor sales with takeout - which I strongly suspect is not a big mover of change here.

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Re:Alcohol-Related Deaths Surge to Nearly 500 a Day, CDC Says by Spooky23 on Friday March 01, 2024 @09:22AM (#39562024)
In New York, bars are able to sell booze for off premises consumption. Delivery of packaged liquor also became more available.

It facilitates alot of work day drinking and bad outcomes for people with problems.

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Re:Alcohol-Related Deaths Surge to Nearly 500 a Day, CDC Says by Aloha on Friday March 01, 2024 @12:24PM (#39564116)
I think its worth studying - but I suspect that's nipping around the edges again - if you're dying of alcohol related illnesses, its from buying sizable quantities of booze at the place that sells booze - not a beer with lunch.
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