SB cracks down on.........40's

SB cracks down on 40's (LOL)
By Andrew Edwards on May 11, 2009 1:09 PM


Mayor Pat Morris sent out a press release today announcing that four alcohol retailers received citations for selling single serve alcohol (40's) in violation of their conditional use permits.

"We see public intoxication and all the crime that goes along with it, including high rates of violent incidents," Morris said in a press release. "That's why the city, when issuing its permits for alcohol retailers, has started restricting them from selling these kinds of products."

San Bernardino routinely prohibits alcohol vendors from selling single units of alcoholic beverages. However, this rule is seldom followed. It's easy to find single serve alcohol in many mini-marts or grocery stores, and a recent San Bernardino Counrty Department of Public Health survey of 190 licensed liquor dealers found that 165 of those retailers sold singles.

Singles are frequently sold in big bottles, such as the 40-ounce bottles of beer or malt liquor that are often seen in college parties and in gangsta rap videos from the 1990s. The survey found that the most common size for singles in San Bernardino are 24-ounce containers, followed by 32- or 40-ounce bottles. The city's prohibition applies to any size of single-serve bottle of beer or malt liquor.

The theory behind the prohibition on single sales is that customers purchasing a six-pack or case of beer are more likely to use alcohol responsibly. The assumption is that a package of alcoholic beverages will be taken to a residence, whereas a single can be opened and consumed on the street.

UC Riverside professor Robert Nash Parker advised city officials that singles can be associated with vandalism and other crimes.

"Gang members 'sip' 40-ouncers, they party, they get their courage up," he said in a press release. "For the most part, these are underage drinkers and alcohol plays a central part in their activities."

The anti-40 campaign marks an instance of cooperation between the often squabbling Mayor's and City Attorney's office. Parker is a consultant to Morris' Operation Phoenix program, and investigators from City Attorney James F. Penman's office are checking for unauthorized alcohol sales.

"We are taking this very seriously," Penman said in a press release. "Those who fail to comply could be liable for up to a $1,000 per day in fines."

Are 40's still that common in this day and age?

Jinky wrote:Are 40's still that common in this day and age?

HELL YA...BUT I MOSTLY GET TALL CANS.

Who remembers 64's?

NYTE RYDA wrote:Who remembers 64's?

I MEMBER THEN THEY CUT THEM DOWN TO 32oz.

I stay getting my Mickey's 4-O's, in SB, this "cracking down on them" is just BS, every damn liquor store in SB sells them LOL. Talking about public intoxication, the streets of San Bernardino from East to West is littered with bums openly drinking on 40s out in the public. Just hit up the biggest library in SB, on 6th Street...guaranteed to see a some bums drinking brews and smoking weed in broad day light on any given day.

I mostly get tall cans like Dicer said i just feel that 40's cool off a little bit by the time your almost done with them I like beer really cold so tall cans or regular cans or bottles are just perfect

Just down em with the quickness, haha, that's what I do...get's ya buzz quicker. Can't be drinking on warm beer.

TWISTY PINK STRAW THEM.

DICER wrote:TWISTY PINK STRAW THEM.

lol

DICER wrote:TWISTY PINK STRAW THEM.

If u put a bendy straw in one and bet the top down outside the bottle and put your mouth round both the straw and bottle it acts as an air path to the booze and becomes like a beer bong. i could down a 40 in like under 10 secs...i dont think the straw has to be pink though.

ieprince wrote:

DICER wrote:TWISTY PINK STRAW THEM.

If u put a bendy straw in one and bet the top down outside the bottle and put your mouth round both the straw and bottle it acts as an air path to the booze and becomes like a beer bong. i could down a 40 in like under 10 secs...i dont think the straw has to be pink though.

NA IT HAS TO BE HOT PINK OR YOUR NOT GETTIN AS DRUNK...KNOWN FACTS IM GIVING YOU HERE, LEARN FROM EM.

DICER wrote:

ieprince wrote:

DICER wrote:TWISTY PINK STRAW THEM.

If u put a bendy straw in one and bet the top down outside the bottle and put your mouth round both the straw and bottle it acts as an air path to the booze and becomes like a beer bong. i could down a 40 in like under 10 secs...i dont think the straw has to be pink though.

NA IT HAS TO BE HOT PINK OR YOUR NOT GETTIN AS DRUNK...KNOWN FACTS IM GIVING YOU HERE, LEARN FROM EM.

lol its better if u just down da 40 homie

DICER wrote:

ieprince wrote:

DICER wrote:TWISTY PINK STRAW THEM.

If u put a bendy straw in one and bet the top down outside the bottle and put your mouth round both the straw and bottle it acts as an air path to the booze and becomes like a beer bong. i could down a 40 in like under 10 secs...i dont think the straw has to be pink though.

NA IT HAS TO BE HOT PINK OR YOUR NOT GETTIN AS DRUNK...KNOWN FACTS IM GIVING YOU HERE, LEARN FROM EM.

Haha I'll have to remember that next time i cop a 40 of 211.

smooth909 wrote:

DICER wrote:

ieprince wrote:

DICER wrote:TWISTY PINK STRAW THEM.

If u put a bendy straw in one and bet the top down outside the bottle and put your mouth round both the straw and bottle it acts as an air path to the booze and becomes like a beer bong. i could down a 40 in like under 10 secs...i dont think the straw has to be pink though.

NA IT HAS TO BE HOT PINK OR YOUR NOT GETTIN AS DRUNK...KNOWN FACTS IM GIVING YOU HERE, LEARN FROM EM.

lol its better if u just down da 40 homie

YEAH HOMIE IM FUCKEN AROUND BUT I MEMBER BACK WHEN I WAS YOUNG ALOT OF KIDS DRINKING A BREW THRO A STRAW SAYING YOU GET MORE DRUNK CUZ ITS EZ TO DRINK FAST THRO A STRAW OR SOMETHING LOL...BUT IM NOT ABOUT DOWNING MUCH ANYMORE I KICK BACK AN INJOY N GET A COOL LIL BUZZ GOING.

OVS - Old Vatos Suck...JK