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Federal Alcohol Labeling Rules Don't Go Down Easy

'Thought crime' agency a headache for sellers

By Drew Nelles, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 24, 2008 2:05 AM CDT

(Newser) – Energy drink makers can give their products names like Cocaine and Speed Freak, and it's fine for a perfume to be called Opium. But when a California microbrewer from the tiny town of Weed submitted an application for a new beer to the federal Alcohol... Read full story »

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'Thought crime' agency a headache for sellers

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