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NEWS > U.S.A. > OHIO TOWN ENDS PROHIBITION, EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT RISING TENSIONS IN EUROPE
OHIO TOWN ENDS PROHIBITION, EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT RISING TENSIONS IN EUROPE
February 3 2011
Russell, Ohio – Homer Simpson once said ‘Alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems’, a statement that is true more often than not. For centuries, millennia even, alcohol has been a major part of human society, a vice that has brought down
giants and provided moments of inspiration, a fluid that has destroyed as many relationships as it has created, a drink that has fundamentally shaped the course of human history whether or not we like to admit it.
Because of the diversity of experiences in respect to booze very few people live in any kind of neutral state in respect to it in its various incarnations. On the extreme ends alcoholism has been a major problem for many people and teetotallers tend to rail against any usage, but like anything it is in the middle where we find the truth. For imbibers there have been many lost nights and many mistakes made, making booze in all its forms both a demon and an angel in a bottle. For some though alcohol hasn’t been a problem because there has been no access to spirits of any kind, including until recently the small town of Russell, Ohio which just recently ended prohibition, 77 years after the rest of the country, partially to help relieve tensions created by the ongoing turmoil in Europe and Japan.
“We saw no reason to continue with the restrictions on the sale of alcohol in the city borders. When we received the applications to begin selling spirits once again we had a uniform vote and decided to allow certain vendors and shops to begin selling these goods once again,” said a town spokesperson. “It had become clear in recent years that such a motion was what the people of the town desired and we decided, no matter the legal consequences from the federal and state government, that it was time to do what was best for our town.”
High unemployment and high demand after viewing picture shows were also cited as major reasons for the repeal.
“This has been a long time in coming. I have been wanting a drink for a long time and I’m glad the town finally saw fit to change this rule even in the face of so much opposition from the rest of the country. I’ve been out of a job for years and I am very concerned that the instability across the world is going to pull the country into a war and I needed this to relax,” said one local resident who made one of the first purchases. “I’m going to go home and sit down with my favourite radio programme tonight and just relax, forget about the rest of the world. This is great day for Russell, for Ohio, and for the United States.”
Organized crime in the city of 2000 has already declined since the repeal vote in December.
“I really believe that this move is the best thing for our town. With 25 percent unemployment many people were worried that alcohol may become a problem but I think the people that live here in Russell are good folk and that we won’t have those kinds of problems here. Now the boys down at the old bandbox will be a little more relaxed I think,” said a local shop owner. “Many are concerned that we have opened a keg of nails with this but I think things will turn out alright. This was thought through, it wasn’t a lick and promise type of situation and that will carry us a long way. Hopefully the sprogs don’t get too carried away with things.”
Many residents dedicated the first drink in the city to the ongoing independence movement in India.
Mike Michaels, American Correspondent
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