Thu, Jul 24, 2008 -- 9:00 AM
The Costs of Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol abuse costs the state $38 billion annually and causes more than 9,000 deaths. That's according to a report by the Marin Institute, an industry watchdog group. We discuss the new study.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
- Edward Stringham, associate professor of economics at San Jose State University
- Fried Whittman, specialist and program director at the Institute for the Study of Social Change at UC Berkeley
- Michele Simon, research and policy director for the Marin Institute
- Philip Benoit, media relations director for ChooseResponsibility.org


