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Association roundup - Dec. 20, 2013

During this holiday season, visitors to New York's Times Square will see a short video of bubbling brew—courtesy of the National Beer Wholesalers Association. NBWA is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the ratification of the 21st Amendment in 1933, which repealed Prohibition. The video runs into the New Year and is playing on the 520-square-foot CBS big screen. Besides repealing Prohibition, the 21st Amendment also created the state-based alcohol regulatory system, which NBWA promotes. "People in Nevada feel very differently about alcohol than those in neighboring Utah, and the 21st Amendment allows each state to enact laws appropriate for their own communities,"… Read More