You said alcohol was prohibited on the Navajo Nation; why then have we seen beer cans by the side of the highways? Is liquor available on the Rez?
Bootleggers sell liquor illegally. It is also very easy to bring liquor on to the Navajo Nation. There are usually no highway check points and if there were, they have proven ineffective. Rather than waste money fighting smugglers, it has been suggested that liquor be legalized and heavily taxed. The moneys would then be used to fund social programs to combat alcoholism. There are no clear solutions to this problem as long as the policy is not completely supported by the people whom it governs.
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