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On the recordDecember 1, 2021
Some of those rules almost went back to Prohibition--not quite that far--but they were from the Dark Ages.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Wyden compares outdated recreation rules to historical regulations from the Prohibition era.

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