Colorado > North Carolina.

NC born and raised, it makes me sad.

The Sweet Spot Between Everclear and Pabst Extra Light - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine:

"This week North Carolina banned the 190-proof version of Everclear from its state-run liquor stores. Why? Because it's too strong. As the chairman of the state's Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission explained, 'young adults drinking nearly pure alcohol are especially vulnerable to alcohol poisoning.' Another ABC official declared that virtually pure grain alcohol is 'probably the most dangerous product we sell' and has 'no redeeming social value.'

Meanwhile, Colorado is cracking down on bars and restaurants that sell light beer. Why? Because it's too weak. Unlike the North Carolina ban (which is similar to the policies of 14 other states), the Colorado rule is justified not by invoking idiots who die of alcohol poisoning after chugging Everclear right from the bottle but by arbitrary regulations that say grocery and convenience stores may sell beer no stronger than 4 percent alcohol by volume, while bars and restaurants have to stick to beer above that threshold. The long-ignored alcohol floor is being enforced at the urging of the stores, which want to eliminate competition in the watery swill market."

Hey, pontificating, grandstanding political morons, no alcohol has "redeeming social value."  People drink alcohol to feel the effects of alcohol.  Otherwise they'd have a cuppa tea or a Coke.  And restricting anybody's choice to purchase strong liquor 'for the children' is inane.  Stop trying to nerf the harsh edges of reality and making us all weak and soft headed.

In the wise words of immortal Jim Jefferies:

"I’ve never met an interesting person in my life who doesn’t drink. If you don’t drink you’re a boring cunt and all your stories suck. All your stories end the same way with ‘and then I got home’. No one gives a shit that you’ve been promoted at work and no one gives a fuck that your kids don’t have bruises. Ever ask a nondrinker why they don’t drink? It’s the same fucking answer every time. You go ‘why don’t you drink?’ and they go ‘well, I don’t like the taste of it.’ NOBODY DOES! No one likes the taste of it. We drink because we fucking have to! No one ever has had a shot of Tequila and said ‘OH! That’s lovely! Next time I’ll have that instead of pudding it’s so delicious!’ We drink because life’s shit and you go and do whatever you can to get through the fucking day."