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To: Jack Hydrazine

Come on that is only about a 150 cases a day.


18 posted on 02/09/2012 12:45:35 PM PST by Ratman83
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To: Ratman83

“Come on that is only about a 150 cases a day.”

Per Indian??????

Oy!


20 posted on 02/09/2012 12:48:01 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Ratman83

Found this related article:

http://www.hhrjournal.org/index.php/hhr/article/view/263/396
Righting a century of wrongs: Whiteclay, Nebraska
Published September 29, 2009

“Whiteclay, Nebraska, population 14 (more or less) has been called the “skid row of the plains” for its four liquor stores, which all do brisk business — approximately 12,000 cans of beer a day. The visitors buying the beer are from South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation — less than 200 feet from the town line — where alcohol is illegal and alcoholism has ravaged the community.”

“The director of Oglala Sioux Lakota Housing said a few months ago that the reservation needs 4,000 new homes for its 40,000 residents. And men on Pine Ridge have, after Haiti, the lowest life expectancy in the Western Hemisphere (48 years); for women, it’s 52. Half of Pine Ridge residents over 40 have diabetes.”

“And while over 90% of customers at the Whiteclay liquor stores are from Pine Ridge, if they are jailed in Nebraska for drinking-related offenses, they aren’t eligible for Nebraska’s subsidized treatment centers — those are for state residents.”


Based on those numbers 10,800 cans of beer is being consumed by 40,000 Pine Ridge Res Indians. That’s a little less than 4 cans per day for men, women, and children!


25 posted on 02/09/2012 12:59:03 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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