107 years today since the ratification of the 18th amendment.
The resulting stew of absurdity, contradiction, and illegality was fertile ground for satirists, among them Edward McCandlish (1887–1946), who gave us this wonderful pictorial map.
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Little understood fact of US system: Its called the 3-tier system....(a) Maker / Brewer, (b) Distributor, (c) Retailer.
You can be one but not the others*.
This is most evident when you travel to countries without these restrictions, like in UK most of the Pubs are owned by the big breweries...imagine if in US there were "Budweiser" and "Coors" bars....
This system was put in place as a way to protect the mafia, which were voting against repealing prohibition since they were making so much money from illegal trade. So the decision was to cement their distribution routes into law.
most states that have legalized cannabis like california have similar restrictions:
grower or producer
distribution
retailer
most companies circumvent by setting up shell corps and subsidiaries
Ahahha
Also MASH-ville.
What does that mean?
The Mash = is the heated grain / barley that is "mashed up" and used as the base to ferment beer or liquor.
Commonly called a "mash bill" to represent the different quantities instead of a "recipe".
moonshiners in mash-ville
Hahaha this map is funny
What a great picture!! The creativity is amazing 😅