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If alcohol is one of the number one culprits to current and future addiction why is is allowed to be held harmless.  Maybe we should not raise the alcohol tax for consumers but hold the alcohol industry responsibile for the impact that they are having by some type of industry tax.  We are say behind on this issue and need to be aggressive (just like the alcohol and tobacco industries) in funding prevention and intervention.  Prevention gets the smalles piece of the "pie" but can have the biggest impact as stated by Dep. King.

D. Jones

posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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