Even Drinkers Agree: Alcohol is an “Essential” Problem.

At the beginning of the pandemic, when businesses were being ordered to close and we were all being ordered inside, there was a minor uproar about liquor stores being deemed essential businesses and given permission to stay open.

I wrote about it. I talked about it on my Untoxicated Podcast. As I expected, it was a one-day news story forgotten in the overwhelming cycle…