Next month, the Seattle City Council, would ask merchants within the new boundary to voluntarily stop selling fortified wines and single cans of beer of all types, and to not sell any alcohol from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.
However, the City Council’s reasoning has general opposition and the evidence is skewed.
The proposed ban doesn't call for added treatment services, and City Councilman Nick Licata is skeptical, "Without addressing the illness of alcoholism, we're just sort of shoving things around the house. We're not cleaning up the house."
Bob Stevens, vice president of Western Washington Beverage, said sales of beers not on the banned list rose within the Tacoma’s alcohol-impact area. "Nobody quit drinking because of the AIA," he said. "It changed their habits, but it didn't rehab anyone."
The 20 worst offenders among them cost an estimated $2 million a year for police, medical, ambulance and transportation, according to the King County Department of Community and Human Services.
We’ve squeezed the alcoholics north from Tacoma and looks like we’ll continue all the way to Canada. That’s actually not a bad idea, as they have treatment centers for drugs, maybe they can treat these alcoholics. Or maybe Seattle could do that.
So I guess it would be better for an alcoholic to buy a six-pack rather than a single. It’s scary to think that, if you ever have a problem, the city is quicker to shove you somewhere else rather than help you.
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