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Control States Protect Public Health
January 19, 2011Alcohol industry watchdog Marin Institute joined with Canadian and American researchers today to call attention to disturbing findings in a new study that should put the debate over privatizing alcohol sales in U.S. control states to rest once and for all. The study, published yesterday in the international journal Addiction, focused on the privatization of the British Columbia liquor market from 2003 to 2008 and found a startling proliferation in the number of private liquor outlets - over 40%. More disturbing was the 27.5% increase in alcohol-related deaths for every extra private liquor store per 1,000 people. The research was conducted by the University of Victoria's Center for Addictions Research and the Prevention Research Center in Berkeley, California. Full release
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