I'm just going to interrupt here to state that there is plenty of stealthily shipped hooch, but they don't use UPS or Fed Ex to move it
So nobody gets threatened by rumrunners seeking it, as I said.
Most hooch is illegal because it's being sold with fraudulent labels and tax stamps and in very large volumes to bars who are buying cheap and selling high while avoiding applicable federal, state and county taxes.
How much is "plenty" in comparison to the legal movement of this legal drug?
Pretty small, because of the cumbersome volume of the product. It’s too much work for the pay off.
I have no problem with legalization of all drugs. My point is that it’s not the legal status of alcohol that causes Fed Ex or UPS to not be used for moving hooch.
Fed Ex and UPS are simply the wrong shipping method for the product. It was a business model point, not a legalization point. If it were cost effective, moon shiners would be using it same as dope shippers.
If dope were legal, USPS flat rate priority mail envelopes would be hands down the most cost effective method of shipment.