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Alcohol laws of Kentucky
The alcohol laws of Kentucky, which govern the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in that state, lead to a confusing patchwork of counties that are dry, prohibiting all sale of alcoholic beverages; wet, permitting full retail sales under state license; and "moist", occupying a middle ground between the two. The confusion is not restricted to a location's wet/dry status—for example, a justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court wrote in 1985 that the state's alcohol laws were a "maze of obscure statutory language" and "confusing at best." The general counsel of the Kentucky Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) noted in 2012, "That's still the case." This led Kentucky governor Steve Beshear to appoint a task force in summer 2012 to attempt to streamline the state's alcohol laws.〔
==Quirks==
Apart from the laws governing local option elections by which communities can determine whether alcoholic beverages can be sold at all, many aspects of the state's alcohol laws were called "perplexing" in a 2012 story in one of Kentucky's largest newspapers, the ''Lexington Herald-Leader''. The confusion starts with licensing itself—the state issues more than 70 different types of licenses for alcohol sales.〔
One significant quirk is that wine can be purchased in a pharmacy, but not in a supermarket. The sale of wine and distilled spirits at pharmacies and grocery stores is regulated by laws that date to Prohibition. At the time, prescriptions for alcohol could be obtained at pharmacies. After the end of national Prohibition, sales were prohibited in grocery stores because it was thought that minors were more likely to be in those businesses than in pharmacies. Today, while grocery stores can hold wine and distilled spirits licenses, they can only sell such beverages if they provide a separate entrance to that part of the store and not allow minors to work there. By contrast, grocery stores can sell beer in the main shopping area.〔
Another inconsistency involves the difference between legal ages for buying and selling alcoholic beverages. The legal age for ''purchase'' is 21,〔Kentucky Revised Statutes (§ 244.080 ), where "minor" is defined in (§ 241.010 ) as an individual under 21.〕 as in all U.S. states. However, the legal age for ''selling'' or ''serving'' alcoholic beverages in a licensed establishment is 20.〔KRS (§ 244.090 )〕 In the case of packaged beer, the legal selling age is 18, as long as the person is supervised by someone who is at least 20.〔KRS (§ 244.087 )〕
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