Let’s work on liquor before we get into pot, OK?
Did any of you catch Monday’s Oklahoman? What am I saying, of course you didn’t. You damn kids with your hula hoops and your penny candy and your high-speed Internet access…
Anyway, my illiterati friends, Page 1 sported a story about LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) which is pushing for legalized drugs, like marijuana. It was the kind of story that The Oklahoman wouldn’t have run 10 years ago, much less on the front page.
But let’s get beyond “progress,” which is boring, and talk about how backwards Oklahoma still is. You want legalized pot? How about we work on allowing grocery stores to carry liquor and wine?
Actually, as cool as that would be, forget even that. How about we get rid of the distributorship system in Oklahoma? Yeah — let’s get rid of the people who restrict which kinds of alcohol we can get and jack up the prices on the brands they do allow in.
Ever visit another state? Take a look in their liquor stores. Even where the cost of living is higher, their prices are lower, because they can buy their booze from the maker and not have to go through a price-hiking middleman like we do.
So, LEAP, good luck with all that. It’s a little pie-in-the-sky for Oklahomans, though, so I’m focusing my attention on these guys: Oklahomans For Modern Laws.
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Yeah, how about we let liquor stores sell after 9pm and on Sunday too. That’s ridiculous! I hate getting off work at 10PM and not being able to stop by and pick something up if I want to. What’s worse, going to the liquor store, taking something home and having a drink, or driving to a bar, drinking, and driving home? I would argue more Oklahomans are put at risk from drunk drivers driving home from the bar than the people who stay at home and drink.