This story from the Washington Examiner profiles the results 10 years after abolishing "last call" and allowing bars/pubs to stay open all night. While everyone feared the worst, the results are the exact opposite of what the conventional (Read: liberal) wisdom expected. The lifting of the drinking restrictions actually created a massive drop in consumption of booze. Binge drinking dropped off by 11 percent in 16-24 year-olds, and OVERALL ALCOHOL SALES DECREASED BY 17%!!
England was worried about even drunker drunkards in the street, along with increased hooliganism. What they found is that when you aren't drinking against the clock, you don't drink quite as fast or with as much of a purpose. They also realized that kicking thousands of blacked-out, urine-filled, soccer hooligans into the streets at the exact same moment didn't make much sense. Who knew? You give people less rules and regulations, and everything runs much smoother.
And this Sugar Bowl program cover from 1945 is strong.
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