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Georgia was an important winegrowing region of the United States in the 19th century, and by 1900 ranked sixth in production among U.S. states. The state of Georgia first prohibited alcoholic beverages before many other states, in 1907 and subsequently the Georgian wine industry was decimated by Prohibition in the United States .
*The sale, handling, transport, or service in dispensing of any alcoholic beverage pursuant to lawful ownership of an establishment or to lawful employment of a person under twenty-one years of age by a duly licensed manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer of beverage alcohol. Maine: N/A: 21 [8] 1969: Lowered to 20: 1972: Lowered to 18 [14] 1977:
Dorchester County was an alcohol control county until 2008, when the County Council voted to permanently close the county-owned liquor dispensaries, with subsequent change in the state law. [35] Worcester County was an alcohol control county until July 2014, when the Maryland General Assembly abolished the Liquor Control Board by statute ...
As a result, alcohol consumption was much higher in the nineteenth century than it is today -- 7.1 US gallons (27 L) of pure alcohol per person per year. [66] Before the construction of the Erie Canal , transportation of grain from the west was cost prohibitive; farmers instead converted their grain to alcohol for shipping eastward.
The amendment banned production, sale and transportation of liquor; but consumption was allowed. One year after ratification, on January 17, 1920, Prohibition began.
Sunday sales only have been allowed since 2005. Today, 3 counties still do not permit the on-premises sale of alcohol. 63 counties require a business to receive at least 30% of revenue from food sales to allow on-premises sale of alcohol. Only 39 counties allow general on-premises sales.
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As a country, we haven't drank this much alcohol since 1990.