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New rules for serving alcohol

Jessica Maria of Hotsy Totsy

Currently hardly more than 10% of those who serve alcohol in California have completed the training and testing that has been a legal requirement since 1 September, and the penalties for non-compliance are stiff.

In California, where I live, it is illegal for me to be served alcohol by someone whose attire exposes the cleft of their buttocks or any portion of the female breast below the top of an areola. The establishment where I buy my alcohol is also forbidden to sell scouring pads, syringes, blowtorches, measuring scales, or any other paraphernalia that might be used in the manufacture...