Policy, Regulation, and Legislation n 91
suggests that the benefits might indeed outweigh the negatives, but the political will is not there because a much smaller proportion of the population uses drugs than uses alcohol. The power of public health programs and campaigns against lawlessness can have a strong impact on legislation and policy change as witnessed through alcohol control. It is likely that any major changes in current alcohol policy will result from increased public recognition of health risks and costs that begin to affect their own behaviors in relation to alcohol.
Alcohol Law Web Sites
Alcoholic Beverage Control Authorities: Directory of Agencies for All States: http://www.
wineinstitute.org/shipwine/state_abcz/abcz.htm
Alcohol Epidemiology Program (AEP): http://www.epi.umn.edu/alcohol/default.html AEP Database of Enacted Alcohol Legislation for 1998, 1999, and 2000: http://
www.epi.umn.edu/enacted/
AEP Pathfinder for Research of Alcohol Law in the United States: http://www.epi.
umn.edu/alcohol/pathfinder/pathfinder.html
Alcohol Law Legislation (Australian Site): http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/indices/sub- ject/827.html
Alcohol Problems and Solutions: Law and Policy: http://www2.potsdam.edu/alcohol-info/
LawAndPolicy.html
Alcohol and Temperance History Group: http://www.athg.org/
American Beverage Licenses: http://www.ablusa.org/home.asp Beer Institute: http://www.beerinstitute.org/
Beverage Net: http://www.beveragenet.net/home.asp
Brewer’s Association of America: http://www.brewersadvocate.org/
Center for Substance Abuse Research (University of Maryland): http://www.cesar.umd.edu/
Coalition for Free Trade: http://www.coalitionft.org/
Direct Shipment Laws by State for Wineries: http://www.wineinstitute.org/shipwine/analysis/
intro_analysis.htm
Distilled Spirits Council of the United States: http://www.discus.org/
Lawyers Specializing in Alcohol Beverage Law: http://www.wineinstitute.org/shipwine/
lawyers_and_legislature/lawyers.htm
National Association of American Wineries: http://www.americanwineries.org/
State Wine Excise Tax Rates: http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/wine.html Wine Institute: http://www.wineinstitute.org/
World Association of the Alcohol Beverage: Industries http://www.waabi.org/
WSWA Direct Shipping Litigation: http://www.wswa.org/public/legal/direct.html
Related MegaLaw Resources
MegaLaw Drunk Driving Law: http://www.megalaw.com/top/drunkdriving.php MegaLaw Tobacco Law: http://www.megalaw.com/top/tobacco.php
MegaLaw Toxic Torts: http://www.megalaw.com/top/toxtort.php
State Laws Regarding Alcohol
Alabama: Title 28 http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/coatoc.htm Alaska: Title 4 http://www.touchngo.com:/lglcntr/akstats/Statutes/Title04.htm Arizona: Title 4 http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ars/4/title4.htm
Arkansas: Title 3 http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
California: (scroll down to Title 4) http://ccr.oal.ca.gov/cgi-bin/
Colorado: Article 12, Title 47 (searchable index) http://www.megalaw.com/co/cocode.php
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Connecticut: Title 30 http://www.cga.state.ct.us/2001/pub/Title30.htm Delaware: Title 4 http://www.megalaw.com/de/de.php
District of Columbia: Title 25 http://www.megalaw.com/dc/dc.php Florida: Title 34 http://www.megalaw.com/fl/TitleXXXIV
Georgia: Title 3 (searchable index) http://www.megalaw.com/ga/ga.php
Hawaii (Division 1, Title 16): (searchable index) http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/
docs.asp?press1=docs percent20
Idaho: Title 23 http://www3.state.id.us/idstat/TOC/23FTOC.html Illinois: Chapter 235 http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/
Montana: Title 16 Nebraska: Chapter 53
Nevada: Title 52, Chapter 597 (searchable index) New Hampshire: Title 13
New Jersey: Title 33, Chapter 1 (searchable index) New Mexico: Chapter 44-7-1 to 44-7-22
New York: Chapter 3B North Carolina: Chapter 18B North Dakota: Title 5 (PDF)
Ohio: Title 43 http://www.megalaw.com/oh/oh.php
Oklahoma: Title 37 (searchable index) http://oklegal.onenet.net/statutes.basic.html Oregon: Chapters 471–475 http://landru.leg.state.or.us/ors/
Pennsylvania: Title 47 http://members.aol.com/StatutesP3/47.html Indiana: Title 7.1 http://www.state.in.us/legislative/ic/code/title7.1/
Iowa: Title IV, Subtitle 1 (searchable index) http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IACODE/ 1999 SUPPLEMENT/IV.html
Kansas: Chapter 41 http://www.ink.org/public/legislative/statutes Kentucky: Title XX (PDF) http://www.megalaw.com/ky/ky.php Louisiana: (searchable index) http://www.legis.state.la.us/tsrs/search.htm Maine: Title 28 & 28A http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/
Maryland: (Alcoholic Beverages) http://www.megalaw.com/md/md.php Massachusetts: Chapter 138 http://www.megalaw.com/ma/ma.php
Michigan: Chapter 436 http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=ChapterIndex Minnesota: Chapter 340 http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/
Mississippi: Title 67 http://www.megalaw.com/ms/ms.php Missouri: Title XX
Rhode Island: Title 3
South Carolina: Title 61 http://legis.state.sd.us/statutes/Index.cfm?FuseAction=Display Statute&FindType=Statute&txtStatute=35
South Dakota: Title 35 Tennessee: Title 57
Texas: http://www.megalaw.com/tx/txcodefiles.php?file=http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/
abtoc.html
Utah: Title 32A http://www.le.state.ut.us/ percent7Ecode/TITLE32A/TITLE32A.htm Vermont: Title 7 http://www.leg.state.vt.us/statutes/sections.cfm?Title=07&Chapter=001 Virginia: Title 4.1 http://legis.state.va.us/Laws/CodeofVa.htm
Washington: Title 66 http://www.leg.wa.gov/rcw/index.cfm
West Virginia: Chapter 60 http://www.megalaw.com/wv/wv.php Wisconsin: Chapter 125 http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/Statutes.html Wyoming: Title 12 http://legisweb.state.wy.us/statutes/sub12.htm