Wednesday, September 22, 2010

An easy answer, but the wrong one

Recently, the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission banned alcohol advertising from college newspapers in the state.

Now I'm sure they had noble goals in mind such as curbing underage and binge drinking, but this is like banning condom ads and expecting kids to refrain from having sex. It's just not gonna happen.

This action is not only a violation of commercial free speech laws, but it will have minimal if any impact on the actual issue. And it robs the college newspapers of much needed revenue (as much as $30,000/year) from a legal product.

With two kids in college, I'm all for promoting responsible drinking. You're not going to do that by keeping Jack Daniels ads out of the student paper.

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