Big Alcohol Dominates Alcohol Regulator Meeting

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Created: Wednesday, January 25 2012 02:27

In a peer-reviewed article in the February 2012 issue of Addiction, Sarah Mart, director of research at Alcohol Justice, has documented the alcohol industry’s excessive involvement in the annual National Conference of State Liquor Administrators (NCSLA) that took place in June 2010. More than two-thirds (72%) of the 187 meeting attendees, and 65% of the panelists, were from the alcohol industry. The rest represented state alcohol control systems and federal government agencies. Mart was the only participant representing public health policy. “Big Alcohol panelists sent regulators a warning message: Be industry-friendly. Don’t rock the boat of commerce with public health concerns, or your job may be on the line,” reported Mart. “The Federal officials that were present also spoke about supporting the industry, instead of protecting public safety.” Click here for the press release, and email info [at] alcoholjustice.org request the full article.






    

Last Call: Industry Giants Threaten U.S. Alcohol Regulation

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Created: Tuesday, November 27 2012 11:46

In the latest issue of the Washington Monthly, journalist Tim Heffernan exposes the relentless push of industry to undo the U.S. alcohol regulatory system and “remake America in the image of booze-soaked Britain.” The feature article, entitled “Last Call,” examines the ways that the industry – led by Big Alcohol's Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors, and retail giants like Costco - is steadfastly dedicated to dismantling America’s remaining controls on alcohol sales. According to Heffernan, “if they succeed, America’s alcohol market will begin to look a lot more like England’s: a vertically integrated pipeline for cheap drink, flooding the gutters of our own Gin Lane.” Click here to read the full article.