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degggendorf t1_jb9dxas wrote

Reply to comment by Historical_Concert87 in Rhode Island needs a bottle bill. Join us at the state house to advocate for a cleaner Rhode Island this Thursday at 3pm. This is 10,000 tossed nips. #rimillion-pieces by trashgirl1986

I am also curious to learn more about actual effects

Edit: after sifting through the overwhelming majority of news stories about new bans being discussed/enacted, here's one with some follow-up: https://commonwealthmagazine.org/health/nip-ban-having-an-impact-in-chelsea/

> In the year since the city banned sale of the tiny 50-ml bottles of hard liquor, public drunkenness has diminished, alcohol-related ambulance responses are way down, and there has been a reduction in the number of people taken into protective custody for alcohol intoxication.

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> the police department has taken only 86 individuals into protective custody for alcohol consumption so far this year, putting the city on track to record a notable decrease from the 222 for all of last year.

The article also notes liquor stores have started enforcing do-not-sell lists to problematic individuals, which the stores are claiming as the reason for the reduction and not the nip ban itself.

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