I live in New York State and recently our governor changed the liquor purchase time from 8a-8p to 10a-10p. You can buy beer from convenience stores at 8am-3am on Sundays like every other day but liquor is different. My question is why? Why is there a cutoff time?
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There is a persistent belief that distilled beverages (which are typically 30-55% alcohol by volume) are somehow more dangerous than beer (anywhere from 3-10% ABV) and wine (usually 6-18% ABV), even though they generally contain about the same amount of alcohol per serving. This leads to the idea that “hard liquor” is a greater risk to public safety and must be regulated more strictly, even though there is little scientific evidence to support this.
In theory, you can reach a dangerously high blood alcohol content faster with distilled spirits than with beer or wine. But anyone who has seen college students shotgunning beers knows that theory and practice don’t always match. Worse, this belief leads people to think that they are not intoxicated and are capable of driving safely because they’ve “only had a few beers.”
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