Aftermath
Following the referendum, rationing was introduced in August 1979.
[Hans Aage (2012]
Alcohol in Greenland 1951–2010: consumption, mortality, prices
Int J Circumpolar Health 2012, 71: 18444 Adults over the age of 18 were limited to 72 "points" per month. A 33cl bottle of beer was equivalent to one point. In addition, a ban on home brewing and importing malt and hops was implemented.
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The points system led to points trading, with points being sold for up to 25 Danish krone whilst the price of a bottle of beer was just 5 krone. However, consumption dropped from 18.7 litres per person to 13.8 litres by 1980. Following the scrapping of the rationing system in 1982, consumption rose to 22 litres per person.][
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