AP16 Speaker: Industry is Akin to Malaria-Carrying Mosquito
[caption id="attachment_1939" align="alignleft" width="300"] Robert Denniston Presenting at AP16[/caption] There’s a certain romance associated with being in the wine industry, which is why many people aspire to own a vineyard despite all the back-breaking work associated with farming. That’s why I was pretty shocked by the excessive disdain for the alcohol industry that many participants expressed at the Alcohol Policy 16 (AP16) Conference last week. Although the event is marketed as ...
Another Perspective on AP16
Julie Gunlock of the Independent Women's Forum reports on her experience at the Alcohol Policy 16 conference last week. She draws conclusions similar to my own. She notes: I’ve written some on alcohol policy in the past (here and here) and as the director of IWF’s Women for Food Freedom project, I’m always interested in figuring out where food and beverage regulations are headed next. It was in this ...
Taxing Alcohol for Profit and Punishment
Although there appears to be no acceptable level of alcohol consumption to participants at the Alcohol Policy 16 Conference, which met last week in Arlington, Va., attendees certainly don’t mind profiting from people who do drink. During a discussion on alcohol tax policy, these “public health advocates” discussed ways to hike the rates as much as possible and earmark the funds to their own organizations. I thought ...
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AP16 Speaker: Industry is Akin to Malaria-Carrying Mosquito
Robert Denniston Presenting at AP16 There’s a certain romance associated with being in the wine industry, which is why many people aspire to own a vineyard despite all the back-breaking work associated with farming. That’s...
Another Perspective on AP16
Julie Gunlock of the Independent Women’s Forum reports on her experience at the Alcohol Policy 16 conference last week. She draws conclusions similar to my own. She notes: I’ve written some on alcohol policy in the past...
Taxing Alcohol for Profit and Punishment
Although there appears to be no acceptable level of alcohol consumption to participants at the Alcohol Policy 16 Conference, which met last week in Arlington, Va., attendees certainly don’t mind profiting from people who do...
Health Advocates Target Responsible Drinkers
“Don’t just lean in, barge in,” said Rebecca Ramirez of Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health at the opening of the Alcohol Policy 16 conference in Arlington,Virginia (April 3-5, 2013). In one short...
Washhington State Cracks Open Three-Tier Mandates
Yesterday, Washington State voters passed an initiative to privatize spirit sales and facilitate a more open market. It essentially breaks up the state’s mandatory “three-tier system” for alcohol distribution. My colleague...
Tied House Rules: Mythical Excuse for Regulation?
My colleague Michelle Minton raises a provocative, yet convincing case that modern-day laws supporting three-tier mandates for alcohol regulation are based more on myth than reality. These laws mandate that all alcohol must...
Washington State Initiative Could Send Tremors Across America
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy published my article on the Washington State alcohol policy initiative (#1183), which would privatize spirit sales and crack open the three-tier system in that state. With any luck, this...
Wacky Wine Regulation Quiz
My colleague Michelle Minton and I presented on alcohol regulation at the Society of Wine Educators Conference in Providence Rhode Island is past summer. We managed to keep participants awake with a lively presentation that...
Constitution Never Meant to Serve Beer
Last week, the National Beer Wholesalers Association President Craig Purser, who happens to be a former colleague of mine, had an article in The Washington Times, suggesting that the alcohol bill on Capitol Hill (H.R. 1161) serves...
Alcohol Wholesalers’ Attack on American Jurisprudence
Beer wholesalers say they are supporting federal alcohol legislation related to shipping of alcohol interstate–the so-called CARE Act–because they are concerned about the uncertainty and bureaucracy associated with...
