CAMY Halts Alcohol Research

CAMY, the Center for Alcohol Marketing and Youth, has “concluded its activities,” according to its mission statement on its website. The organization is no longer receiving funding and the federal government has decided it will assign one of its agencies to keep tabs on alcohol advertising in the future. A press release by STATS (Statistical Assessment Service) calls CAMY a “serial abuser of statistics” and says “even scholarly research can have a hard time staying dispassionate and objective.” Many people