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Alcohol

Alcohol Delivery Doesn't Lead To Underage Drinking

The history of wine delivery is pretty clear.

C. Jarrett Dieterle | 4.20.2022 8:00 AM

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Ukraine

Why Are You Boycotting American Vodka To Punish Russia?

Only 1.2 percent of U.S. vodka imports come from Russia.

Scott Shackford | 2.28.2022 12:50 PM

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Alcohol

New York's Liquor Store Lobby Fights Against To-Go Drink Sales by Bars, Restaurants

Making booze to-go rules permanent is the right policy choice, no matter what entrenched interests claim.

Baylen Linnekin | 1.22.2022 8:30 AM

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Antitrust

Craft Alcohol Makers Thrive as Government Launches Antitrust Investigation

The Prohibition-era three-tier system is causing consolidation, not the market.

C. Jarrett Dieterle and Teri Quimby | 10.11.2021 9:00 AM

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Alcohol

Pennsylvania's Liquor Control Board Will Ration Booze Sales Because It Won't Admit That Prices Work

Price controls fail for other products, and liquor is no different.

Eric Boehm | 9.17.2021 3:45 PM

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Reason Roundup

Senators Aim To Curtail Presidential Power Over War, Arms Sales, Emergency Declarations

Plus: The FBI had at least a dozen informants helping put together the plot to kidnap Michigan's governor, price controls fail again, and more.

Eric Boehm | 7.21.2021 9:30 AM

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Coronavirus

Let Us Drink Outside! Relaxing Liquor Laws Could Save Bars and Restaurants

Allowing cocktails-to-go and outdoor drinking can help bartenders and restaurant staff survive the COVID-19 shutdowns.

Meredith Bragg | 7.6.2020 1:15 PM

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Alcohol

After Pennsylvania Closed All Liquor Stores, Residents Crossed State Borders To Buy Booze. Now Ohio Is Shutting Down Out-of-State Sales.

Border counties are now prohibited from selling to anyone without proof of residency. 

Peter Suderman | 4.15.2020 11:43 AM

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Liquor

Pennsylvania Has Made It Both Difficult and Dangerous to Buy Liquor

The state has shut down all liquor stores, leading customers to crowd into retailers across the border.

Peter Suderman | 4.7.2020 8:00 AM

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Alcohol

The FDA Is Making It Much, Much Harder for Distilleries To Produce Hand Sanitizer

Rules designed to keep alcohol safe for children are slowing down production of a product that’s in short supply.

Peter Suderman | 4.2.2020 11:25 AM

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Coronavirus

New Jersey Allows, Then Blocks, Deliveries From Breweries and Distilleries

Takeout and delivery orders are the only thing keeping the state's 115 craft breweries afloat during the coronavirus outbreak.

Eric Boehm | 3.27.2020 1:30 PM

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Supreme Court

Supreme Court Strikes Down Nonsensical Tennessee Liquor Law

Tennessee's residency requirement for retail license applicants "blatantly favors the state's residents and has little relationship to public health and safety," Justice Alito wrote.

Billy Binion | 6.26.2019 6:01 PM

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Alcohol

Make Your Utah Vacation Better with Smuggled Booze

Short of rescinding ridiculous liquor laws, the best way to deal with such silly restrictions is to ignore them.

J.D. Tuccille | 6.10.2019 10:50 AM

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HomePage

These Booze-Making Capitalist Monks Will Make Your Day

When Europe's beer-brewing, liquor-distilling monks combine Catholicism and capitalism, the results are delicious.

Stephanie Slade | 12.31.2018 6:00 AM

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Must Reads

Here Are the 24 States That Ban Alcohol Sales on Christmas Day

You can thank Prohibition.

Joe Setyon | 12.20.2018 2:50 PM

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HomePage

Let's Repeal These Bad Booze Laws Next: Reason Roundup

Plus: RIP The Weekly Standard?, America loves exercise science, and court says no to ban on speech promoting illegal immigration.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.5.2018 9:35 AM

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