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On July 1, 2018, Georgia is set to enact a new law that would make it a crime for motorists to hold their cell phones in their hands. Recent statistics show that nearly 70% of traffic accidents in the state are due to distracted drivers mostly using cell phones.

As a public service, here’s what’s allowed and not allowed under the Hands-Free Georgia Act, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Not Allowed

*Holding or supporting, with any part of the body, a wireless telecommunications device or stand-alone electronic device (for example, an iPod).

*Writing, sending or reading any text-based communication, including a text message, instant message, e-mail or internet data while holding your device.

*Watching a video or movie other than watching data related to the navigation of your vehicle (i.e., your mapping app or GPS screen).

*Recording a video.

Allowed

*Speaking or texting while using hands-free technology.

*Using a GPS system or mapping app.

*Wearing and using a smart watch.

*Using an earpiece to talk on the phone.

*Using radios, CB radios, CB radio hybrids, commercial two-way radios, subscription-based emergency communication devices, prescribed medical devices, amateur or ham radios and “in-vehicle security, navigation or remote diagnostics” systems.

Atlanta’s SweetWater brewery recently debuted a new IPA series inspired by marijuana. The 420 Strain: G13 IPA combines the hops and weed aroma to make a whole a new draft.

Let’s put this out there: Yes, the beer smells like marijuana, so if you don’t enjoy that distinct dank smell, this is not the brew for you.

From Sweetwater:

This aromatic super-hybrid sticky IPA is first and foremost a phenomenally delicious and drinkable beer, with the added bonus of an olfactory experience that mimics that of the legendary G13 cannabis strain. The IPA base brew has a great body, good head and nice amount of haze at a pleasurable 6% ABV. To work with the malt bill, the brewers added some of their dankest hops, Columbus and Simcoe, plus two dry hop additions. To achieve the aroma, our brewers found the perfect botanically-sourced, strain specific terpenes and married them with propriety natural hemp flavor, both perfectly complementing the hops in the IPA.

The new brew is available at the following metro Atlanta locations:

Atlanta

6/22 – Brick Store Pub, 6pm

6/22 – Ormsby’s, 6pm

6/23 – Hop City KSM

6/23 – Barleygarden

6/23 – Westside

6/25 – Hampton & Hudson

6/28 – DBA BBQ – 7pm

6/28 – Loyal Tavern, 6pm

7/5 – 6 Feet Under Westside Pint Night

7/5 – 6 Feet Under Memorial, Pint Night

7/6 – Taco Mac (everywhere, yo)

7/12 – Tin Roof Cantina

7/19 – Raging Burrito, 7pm

7/20 – The Foundry, 4pm

Atlanta – OTP

6/22 – Loco’s in Sugar Hill