IndyStar analysis of liquor stores shows surprising underage sales

Liquor stores sell to minors at a higher rate than other retailers, undermining a core argument used to justify the liquor store industry's virtual monopoly on cold beer sales.

An IndyStar analysis of data from excise police compliance checks found liquor stores improperly sold to minors at twice the rate of convenience stores and three times the rate of pharmacies and big-box retailers.

That contradicts liquor store claims that their stores — with prominent signs warning customers must be 21 or older to enter — are best equipped to keep booze from underage buyers.

The finding also flies in the face of what key lawmakers have been led to believe for years — and have left unchallenged.

Read more: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/10/liquor-store-grip-cold-beer-could-slip-if-record-protecting-minors-taken-inew-data-taken-into-accoun/587121001/