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Originally Posted by Undertoad
The other product often a target of shoplifters... extracts with a lot of alcohol in them. This is in Pennsylvania, a state where grocery stores don't stock anything containing alcohol... except vanilla extract, almond extract, etc. Relentless alcoholics would steal this stuff or even drink it in the store. You'd have to drink many almond extracts to get a buzz on so it was pretty ridiculous.
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ooh, oooh!! Mr. Kotter, I know the answer to this one ...
State stores are not open 24 hours.
Also, it's way easier to shoplift in the supermarket. The small size of the vanilla bottles helps with that. The little bottles are about the size of a shot, the big ones, maybe two or three. When you've got the shakes, though, than can be enough to get you through another couple of hours, maybe hold off on that seizure that's been waiting in the wings.
Listerine is also a popular product for alcoholics. I've commented on the phenomenon of the minty fresh drunk before.