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Home delivery of alcohol now legal in Arkansas
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.33005
Subject(s) - governor , declaration , business , state of emergency , pandemic , law , state (computer science) , covid-19 , medical emergency , political science , engineering , medicine , computer science , disease , pathology , algorithm , infectious disease (medical specialty) , aerospace engineering , politics
Home delivery of alcohol by liquor stores is now a part of the permanent legacy of emergency pandemic rules in Arkansas, at least in the counties that are “wet.” Such deliveries were first authorized by an emergency rule change under the governor's declaration of the COVID‐19 public health emergency. Now the state's 441 liquor stores, eight microbrewery restaurants and 42 small breweries in the state can deliver alcohol to private residences by an employee of the store or restaurant. The governor signed the bill into law earlier this month.