Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Drawbacks exist to privatizing alcohol sales...



Virginians consume approximately the national average of beer and wine. Conversely, they consume approximately 20 percent less liquor per capita than the national average. That is due to less availability, no advertising, strict enforcement of ABC laws and aggressive promotion of moderation by Virginia ABC. Due in large part to this lower consumption, Virginians suffer less from alcoholism, DUI, sclerosis, fetal alcohol syndrome and underage consumption, among other health and public safety problems. In general, Virginia is in the lowest percentiles in the U.S. for these undesirable occurrences.


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1 comment:

Bubby said...

Lord Obenshain told us that privatization would pay $800M, Governor Haircut sez $500M. Do any of the GOPers know how to do accounting?