In many states, July heralds the introduction of a host of new laws. In Florida, for example, nearly 150 new laws took effect this month. As seemingly happens every year, a good number of these new laws pertain to the regulation of alcohol. And this year's new alcohol laws, like those that preceded them, are very much a mixed bag.
Take the aforementioned Sunshine State. Florida lawmakers amended the state's beverage laws to allow restaurants and bars to sell alcohol to go (provided, unfortunately, that the order must be accompanied by a food purchase) and allows restaurant patrons to take home unfinished bottles of wine (removing a previous requirement that they may only do so if they purchased "a full course meal consisting of a salad or vegetable, entree, a beverage, and bread").
