The economics of curbing alcohol consumption
Last Updated on Sunday, 8 January 2012 05:00 Written by Mike Sunday, 8 January 2012 05:00
Late last year, the Centers for Disease Control ran the numbers on how much binge drinking costs the United States. They came up with a pretty big number: Excessive alcohol consumption costs 3.5 billion each year, mostly due to lost workplace productivity and increased health care costs. New research from a team of Canadian researchers explores one way to bring down that cost: Set minimum …
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