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title: "Bill to Ban Sale of Alcohol through Self-Service Checkout Terminals Cloaked in Falsehood"
summary: |-
  California's proposed ban on self-service checkouts will impede innovation not underage drinking.
date: "2011-08-17"
issues: ["Productivity"]
authors: ["Daniel Castro"]
content_type: "Op-Eds & Contributed Articles"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2011/08/17/bill-ban-sale-alcohol-through-self-service-checkout-terminals-cloaked/"
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# Bill to Ban Sale of Alcohol through Self-Service Checkout Terminals Cloaked in Falsehood

ITIF Senior Analyst Daniel Castro explains in an op-ed California's proposed ban on self-service checkouts will impede innovation not underage drinking.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2011/08/17/bill-ban-sale-alcohol-through-self-service-checkout-terminals-cloaked/*