Coronavirus: How the pandemic is relaxing US drinking laws

Coronavirus: How the pandemic is relaxing US drinking laws

Coronavirus has Americans learning two new summer accessories: a mask and an alcoholic to-go drink.


Is my lockdown drinking normal?
But because the realities of the coronavirus pandemic transform many aspects of american social life, many nations are relaxing their rules.

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The week that ny announced the shelter-in-place, Nielsen reported alcohol sales had gone up significantly since the same time the previous year.

And last week, they reported that the US saw the foremost important growth of alcohol sales since the pandemic shutdowns started in March.

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Why we are drinking more in lockdown

With more people drinking and to-go alcohol laws being loosened to protect businesses, many local governments have issued warnings that allowing to-go alcohol sales at restaurants and bars doesn't change open container laws.

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Alexandria, Virginia's government website states:

But in certain areas, there's some indication that police aren't that concentrate on people drinking publicly.

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A number of those individuals who are drinking slightly more thanks to the isolation and thus the strain are disinhibited so as that they could think it's okay to travel outside for a walk and take their beverage with them."

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