Researcher Blasts CA’s Dime a Drink Tax

Dear Client:After successful lobbying from The Wine Institute and other trade groups prompted California lawmakers to drop the controversial nickel-a-drink tax last month, state assemblyman Jim Beall Jr. has introduced a bill that would raise state alcohol taxes by a dime a drink. According to him, “The alcohol industry creates devastating problems – traffic accidents, alcoholism – and walks away with money stuffed in its pockets while the public – including nondrinkers – are left to pay billions for the