PA also has its share of alcoholics proving the effectiveness of such a system.
Contract the idiocy here to heavily Mormon Utah where you can walk into any 7-11 and walk out with a six-pack of your favorite brew as long as you are of legal age and have the money to pay for it. The locals may not approve of boozing, but they also have the good sense to realize the nanny state can't prevent it.
Yeah, here in MA you can sometimes find a gas station that sells beer and wine. Any liquor store will sell six packs and up to cases, wind and hard stuff.
In PA to get cases you have to go to a distributor. I think six packs and such are only available at bars.
Here’s oddball. Indiana. You can get hard alcohol and wine and beer at private stores. But the beer CAN’T be sold chilled. You can get cold beer at grocery stores, and cold wines (If they need to be chilled) and at gas stations. But no alcohol at ALL for carryout on Sundays. But bars are open, so lots of drunk driving on Sundays, because you can’t get a six pack and drink at home (unless you stock up). Needless to say there are a lot of sunday “bootleggers” who will sell you a case, for a hefty premium.
Utah only allows 3.2 beer in convenience stores correct?
Oklahoma has some pretty dumb laws. 3.2 beer is all that can be sold cold in convenience and grocery stores. Full strength beer must be sold at room temperature and shipped that way I believe. This prevents us from having Fat Tire among other beers.
Liquor stores are the only ones who can sell full strength beer, wine and liquor. They close at 9 and all day Sundays. Some cities require bars be closed on Sundays as well.
Changing these laws can get no traction because of the liquor store owners association who don’t want the competition or to install refrigerators. I wouldn’t mind having to go to liquor stores to get these things if I could have a cold Fat Tire when I got home from there. Or Yuengling now that it looks like they are expanding to Memphis and points west.