Alcohol Justice eNews: November 23, 2016
May 2023

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In this issue:
► California is facing a massive budget hole and escalating rates of alcohol-related deaths. The solution to both could be found in fixing the steadily shrinking alcohol excise tax.
► Party Zones and policies to let Big Alchool market directly to college freshmen headline the bills to watch as Alcohol Justice launches the 2023 CA legislative tracker.
► DOGHOUSE: Big Alcohol's campaign to hijack Alcohol Awareness Month and make it so everyone pays no attention to the policies behind the curtain.
► ...and more.

 

 

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TAKE ACTION NOW — click to tell CA legislators to FIX THE BUDGET by FIXING THE TAX

 

 

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Save the Tax, Rescue the Budget: CA's Deficit and Alcohol's Death Toll Have the Same Cure

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We've Seen Alcohol Deregulation that We Thought Would Never End: the 2023 CA Alcohol Legislative Tracker Is Now Live

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Baseball Owners Desperate for Booze Money, Abandon 7th Inning Last Calls

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DOGHOUSE: Industry Astroturf Group Tries to Hijack Alcohol Awareness Month to Make Public Less Aware of Alcohol Harm

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Youth for Justice awarded million-dollar grant to promote prevention and community in San Rafael

 

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Why did the New Mexico Gov veto a desperately needed alcohol tax?
(Santa Fe Reporter)

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Confronting the inextricable link between alcohol consumption and gun violence
(Johns Hopkins SPH)


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New research from AJ boardmember Tom Greenfield and team shows alcohol-to-go policies disproportionately hurt those most at risk
(Drug & Alcohol Review)

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How fixing the devalued alcohol excise tax can save lives AND save the budget...
Help us hold Big Alcohol accountable for the harm its products cause.

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