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Put alco-pops in liquor stores
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"Coolers" have been around for decades. I have never seen them advertised to children. They were intended for women, as an alternative to beer as an item in BBQ coolers. They are generally served as a courtesy to adult guests who may not like beer at parties. A relative of mine owns a pub in another state and has them on hand for this purpose in addition to hard cider and a variety of beers on tap. The panic that they are the equivalent of candy cigarettes and only exist to entice children is recent compared to the number of years they have been around- I first heard this theory coming from ultra liberals in California. I was surprised to hear their rallying cry picked up by conservatives here. I can only assume that it has gained momentum because a number of non drinkers are not familiar with the products or usage. To one familiar with them, the hysteria is starting to smack of "Reefer Madness".
Grocery stores do NOT sell to minors it's against the law, this stuff has the same alchohol content as beer. LDS church needs to get a grip and butt out.
Thanks to the DesNews for acknowledging its extremist liberal tendencies.
Did you ever think that this bill might hurt kids more than it helps them? If I'm an 18-year-old with a penchant for sweet drinks, I'm just going to get my 21-year-old buddy to go to the liquor store rather than the grocery store. And when I do, I'm probably going to spend my $10 on an actual bottle of vodka (26 ounces of booze) rather than a six-pack of watered-down premixed drinks (six ounces of booze). Believe me, if kids are going to drink (and they are), you would much rather have them drinking premixed hard lemonade than mixing their own!
You call them "alco-pops," I call them "safety-shots."
The owners of the Deseret News are silent of retreat mining that murders miners but they speak loudly on this?
I think the LDS Church as real selective priorities.
Alcohol damages teen-aged brains. This is not (just) a moral issue, rather it is simple facts supported by study after study after study.
Doing something that promotes public health, safety, and welfare should be supported liberally and conservatively. It should not used solely as a bully-pulpit to voice perceived slights at the hands of others.
Utah needs to embrace the conservative, free market solution to liquor sales. It will go much farther in solving the problems than any solution imposed by the government.
Okay, maybe ONE more - the state liquor stores will sell stronger versions of these drinks, not the wimpy 3.2 type.
This is hypocrisy. We ignore real problems in favour of the church propaganda line.
Grow up and exist in society, or get out.
There's a marker in my high school for the two girls who died in a drunk driving accident in our senior year. The younger brother of a very close friend died the same way. When I was a child, four drunk teens came speeding down our street and (fortunately) crashed into a tree instead of a person. Two of them fled the scene. The other two were too drunk to get out of the car.
And, in a life or death situation, I was nearly killed because a hospital tolerated one of its doctors coming to work drunk.
So, I have zero sympathy for companies that want to get kids hooked on alcohol before they're old enough to know better. What's the point?
The logic of the opposition to this move is, well, illogical. "Their gonna do it so why try to prevent it?" "A little bit won't hurt anything. What's the big deal?" "Only pruds would favor this."
This law may or may not be 'good', but the measure of that is how well it achieves its intended goal of reducing the access and use of alcohol by underage drinkers; and a reduction of the perception that underage drinking is a normal and acceptable part of life.
The simple fact is that the easier it is to get something, the more of it is gotten. This law attempts to make getting alcohol by minors more difficult, which IMHO, is a worthy public policy goal.
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Problem solved.