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<blockquote data-quote="donner" data-source="post: 2919016" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>I wouldn't be so sure that it'd have as big an impact as you think.</p><p></p><p>I lived in Lubbock Texas for a few years and you couldn't buy any packaged alcohol within the city limits, yet it had a high rate of DUI accidents. The reason? People drank up their supplies and would have to drive pretty far to get more. They changed the law to allow for package sales and the rates went down (i believe). You could suddenly walk to your local gas station to buy more beer instead of having to get on the highway to drive there.</p><p></p><p>Fast forward, I moved to Oxford MS, a town where you couldn't buy cold beer. The argument was that people would want to drink them immediately and there'd be blood in the streets. Well, it took replacing the majority of the city board, but the issue came up for a vote. The mayor (who was against it) made the mistake of asking the police chief publicly to tell everyone what he found out about the increase in MIP, DUI, etc from places that had recently allowed cold beer sales. The chief, much to the mayor's surprise, let him know that none (0) of the 20-something towns he called had seen any increase of note. The measure passed and the city suddenly found itself with more tax income (they also changed the law to allow restaurants to sell booze on sundays, something that had never been legal before unless there was a home football game on saturday)</p><p></p><p>easier access does not always equate to more problems</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donner, post: 2919016, member: 277"] I wouldn't be so sure that it'd have as big an impact as you think. I lived in Lubbock Texas for a few years and you couldn't buy any packaged alcohol within the city limits, yet it had a high rate of DUI accidents. The reason? People drank up their supplies and would have to drive pretty far to get more. They changed the law to allow for package sales and the rates went down (i believe). You could suddenly walk to your local gas station to buy more beer instead of having to get on the highway to drive there. Fast forward, I moved to Oxford MS, a town where you couldn't buy cold beer. The argument was that people would want to drink them immediately and there'd be blood in the streets. Well, it took replacing the majority of the city board, but the issue came up for a vote. The mayor (who was against it) made the mistake of asking the police chief publicly to tell everyone what he found out about the increase in MIP, DUI, etc from places that had recently allowed cold beer sales. The chief, much to the mayor's surprise, let him know that none (0) of the 20-something towns he called had seen any increase of note. The measure passed and the city suddenly found itself with more tax income (they also changed the law to allow restaurants to sell booze on sundays, something that had never been legal before unless there was a home football game on saturday) easier access does not always equate to more problems [/QUOTE]
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