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Regulation of the Day 56: Kahlua in Ohio

Regulation of the Day 56: Kahlua in Ohio

Kahlua contains 20% alcohol in 49 states. But in Ohio, it is 21.5%. Weird, huh?

Turns out regulations are the reason. My friend Jacob Grier pointed me to an article showing that Ohio groups alcoholic beverages into two categories: wine/beer and spirits. Any beverage below 20% alcohol is in the wine/beer category and can be sold in grocery stores. Anything above 20% is classed as a spirit and can only be sold in state-run liquor stores.

Drinkers often mix Kahlua with spirits such as…

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Fishing for Rationality in the Beauty Salon

Fishing for Rationality in the Beauty Salon

Are you thinking of getting one of those cool new “fish pedicures” in which two-inch-long carp nibble dead skin off your toes and feet? Well, you’d better act fast. Many states are considering a ban on the process. And an article in this morning’s Wall Street Journal (sorry, may be for subscribers only) explains that 14 states have now already banned it or found that the process violates an existing cosmetology or other public health rule.

Indeed, the introduction of fish pedicures…

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