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Recently, Locke intern and experienced bartender Michael Bruce wrote about North Carolina’s policy approach toward alcohol. He asked, “Should North Carolina be more like D.C.?“
Published: Thursday, November 24th, 2022 @ 2:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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My latest column for the American Institute for Economic Research, “Freedom and Whisky Go Together Like Tyranny and Oppression,” opens at a Burns Night supper in Raleigh not too long ago.
Published: Sunday, February 6th, 2022 @ 12:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A January 27 article in the News & Observer announced that a bill to make North Carolina a license state for selling liquor is unlikely to receive a vote this year.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2020 @ 10:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ever since the end of Prohibition over eight decades ago, North Carolina has been a "control" state for liquor.
Published: Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 @ 11:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In North Carolina, beer and wine are readily available at grocery stores, convenience stores, specialty shops, even pharmacies and other places, and even on Sundays
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 7:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Did you know that North Carolina used to be the nation's leader in locally owned and operated distilleries?
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 3:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 1908, North Carolina voters passed statewide prohibition in 1908, making North Carolina the first Southern state to institute prohibition. The 18th Amendment didn't usher in Prohibition nationwide until 1919.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 10:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's ABC system restricts the sale of spirituous liquor in this state to an average of just 4.3 stores per county operated by local government boards
Published: Tuesday, January 29th, 2019 @ 9:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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