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[–] nikita@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I read that in Alabama (or maybe Mississippi, I can’t recall) you can drink alcohol while driving. You just can’t be above the blood alcohol concentration limit.

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Louisiana had famously (or infamously) lax liquor laws for decades, so maybe that‘s what you’re thinking of. Shit like drive-thru daiquiri stores, where as long as they don’t put the straw in the cup it’s not considered an “open” container. So they can just hand you a cup full of liquor, and the straw separately.

It’s also a large part of why New Orleans developed a reputation as a party town; Louisiana kept their drinking age at 18 while every other state was at 21, so all the college freshmen/sophomores would go to Louisiana during spring break because they could drink.

[–] nikita@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

TIL. Thanks.

In Canada, the drinking age is 19 everywhere except Quebec where it’s 18, so in Ottawa 18 year olds just go across the river to buy liquor.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

And I thought Fat Tuesdays was weird as a visitor...

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago

Louisiana, I believe.