Do more to combat alcohol’s harm: reports | Times Colonist
Many government policies designed to cut red tape, improve customer convenience or make it easier for alcohol producers to get to market are linked to increased consumption, he said.
“B.C. has led the way over the last four years in increases in alcohol consumption in the country in terms of the rate at which consumption has gone up.
“We’ve looked at the impacts of that on harms that are attributable to alcohol: so hospital admissions [and] deaths attributable to alcohol have all gone up in parallel with those increases.”
Source: Do more to combat alcohol’s harm: reports | Times Colonist
Interesting piece from my hometown paper. In our province, our government relaxed several standards in the last few years, the article says these relaxations have added to the costs and are a significant burden on society. This is an important point, but alcohol is a burden spiritually and emotionally on families as well. That’s the more significant cost, one you can’t measure in dollars and cents.
Maranatha!
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3
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