it's one thing to have sales in corner stores. i've appreciated that about michigan, especially regarding the hours. the liquor store in ontario closes way too early. you can get a mike's or something at the 7/11 over the bridge up to 1:00 am and pre-drink it while bicycling out to a late show or overnight rave.
it's another to have people drinking in bleach-mopped 7-11s with spotlights and perhaps in the middle of the day, like it's a supervised consumption site. i guess if you're really alcoholic, it'll have to do, but is there actually a market for drinking alcohol in the 7-11?
it would make more sense to let them sell pot and have a smoking section outside behind the store because then they're already at the 7-11. a couple of picnic tables. no need to get munchies. kids have been smoking behind the 7/11 for decades for exactly that reason in the first place.
my primary concern is whether this is going to hurt the bars, but i don't think it will. it's less opposition and more...like, who gets drunk at a 7/11, besides homeless people? in that sense, it is supervised consumption.