In 1996, how many US states prohibited the sale of hard liquor in
supermarkets?

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Request for Question Clarification by andrewxmp-ga on 01 Jul 2004 18:41 PDT

I started researching this one and I don't think there's any general
listing to be found with this sort of information.  However, most
individual states seem to have very useful, complete, and easy-to-find
websites that describe the local laws regarding the sale of hard
liquor.  I could probably compile all of these for you, but that
wouldn't help very much regarding 1996, assuming that some states have
changed their laws in 8 years.  I don't know what you need this
information for, but if the year isn't very important, I can probably
get you the current regulations for all of the states.  If it must be
regarding 1996, then I'm going to let another researcher try to tackle
this one.....

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Clarification of Question by jaymac-ga on 01 Jul 2004 20:55 PDT

Yes, I need a "reasonably close" answer as to the situation as it
existed in 1996.  A charachter in a novel needs to give an
"approximately accurate" statement as to the current situation, and
the novel takes place in 1996.  Answer this and the other question I
posted and you can (if you're interested) get your name in the
acknowledgements of the book, in addition to the pay, of course.