Tue, Oct 20, 2009 -- 5:30 PM

Charge for Beer
California health officials, alcohol-treatment providers, law enforcement and local and state lawmakers have banded together to tackle the burden that alcohol use puts on the state. The alliance, called Charge for Harm, is backing a bill that would impose a new fee on alcohol wholesalers. The money raised would be used to defray the state's direct costs for alcohol-related problems.

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