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Article: Private biz, not state, ought to be running liquor distribution.(As I See It)(Column)
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- The Mississippi Business Journal
- Article date:
- April 26, 2004
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It was hard to miss the Jack Daniel's bottle on the front page of the April 18th perspective section in The Clarion-Ledger. After reading Sid Salter's piece on the business of booze in the Magnolia State, I began to think about a few things.
Why is the State of Mississippi in the liquor business? Why are narcotics not controlled and distributed by the state? Both are dangerous in the hands of minors, drivers and addicts but alcohol alone is singled out for state monopolized sale and distribution.
Society has long cast a disapproving eye on any substance that impairs judgement and risks public tranquility. Getting drunk and shooting up the town, wife ...