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Alcoholic beverage control state
States in the United States that have a monopoly over alcohol / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alcoholic beverage control states, generally called control states, less often ABC states, are 17 states in the United States that have state monopoly over the wholesaling or retailing of some or all categories of alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine, and distilled spirits.
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