The director of Oregon’s distilled spirits program became so intoxicated while drinking shots and playing cornhole with his boss at a national liquor conference that he was hospitalized with alcohol poisoning, according to text messages obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive.
The incident took place in October 2019 during the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association Administrators Conference in Denver. Attendees included regulators from states like Oregon that exert monopolies over some or all aspects of alcohol distribution or sales.