I was gonna write my column, but then I got high: The Cannabis Thread

Can you buy booze in Alabama on Sunday now? We went down more than 30 years ago and that’s all the locals talked about.

 

Depends on the city/county, but most populated places have it now.

 

Yeah, other than in a couple of dry counties. The state run Alcohol Beverage Control stores (basically the liquor stores) are not open on Sunday, but bars and restaurants which serve are. There are bottle shops, that is, non-state owned liquor stores, which are open. They buy whole sale from the ABC stores and retail at a markup, making out by being open Sundays and evening hours when the state store is closed.

 

The lottery is a regressive tax on steroids. Primarily takes money from people who don't have much.

 

“If you pass through on a Sunday
Better make a stop at Wayne’s
It’s the only open liquor store north
And I can’t stand the pain
Of being by myself
Without a little help
On a Sunday afternoon … ”

 

Didn’t realize Miranda Lambert ever covered this til I went looking for the (superior) original.

 

This just came across my AP news alerts:

Breaking Coverage Updated 04/30/2024 17:32 GMT
US--Reclassifying Marijuana

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.
Location:
Event Date: 04/30/2024 17:30 GMT
Estimated Publication Date: 04/30/2024 17:30 GMT

 

Shouldn't they have done this on 4/20?

 

Yes. A legalization of recreational would have been the big victory. Of course, more and more states have gone that route.