Washington D.C.'s ban on "40s" and "Tall Boys" that I wrote about last year will never take effect. The Washington Post reports that the law has been struck down on appeal.

Opponents said the ban would devastate mom-and-pop stores that count on single sales for as much as 50 percent of their income in some months. But some neighborhood residents favored the action.

Jourdinia Brown, a neighborhood activist from Shepherd Park, said she remains concerned about the kind of activity that single sales could encourage along Georgia Avenue NW.