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In this issue:
► California is facing a massive budget hole and escalating rates of alcohol-related deaths. The solution to both could be found in fixing the steadily shrinking alcohol excise tax.
► Party Zones and policies to let Big Alchool market directly to college freshmen headline the bills to watch as Alcohol Justice launches the 2023 CA legislative tracker.
► DOGHOUSE: Big Alcohol's campaign to hijack Alcohol Awareness Month and make it so everyone pays no attention to the policies behind the curtain.
► ...and more.

TAKE ACTION NOW — click to tell CA legislators to FIX THE BUDGET by FIXING THE TAX

Save the Tax, Rescue the Budget: CA's Deficit and Alcohol's Death Toll Have the Same Cure

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We've Seen Alcohol Deregulation that We Thought Would Never End: the 2023 CA Alcohol Legislative Tracker Is Now Live

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Baseball Owners Desperate for Booze Money, Abandon 7th Inning Last Calls

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DOGHOUSE: Industry Astroturf Group Tries to Hijack Alcohol Awareness Month to Make Public Less Aware of Alcohol Harm

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AJ NEWS 
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Youth for Justice awarded million-dollar grant to promote prevention and community in San Rafael

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MORE NEWS 
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Why did the New Mexico Gov veto a desperately needed alcohol tax?
(Santa Fe Reporter)


Confronting the inextricable link between alcohol consumption and gun violence
(Johns Hopkins SPH)

New research from AJ boardmember Tom Greenfield and team shows alcohol-to-go policies disproportionately hurt those most at risk
(Drug & Alcohol Review)

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How fixing the devalued alcohol excise tax can save lives AND save the budget...