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Alcohol, Health and Safety In Massachusetts

Description

Alcohol has a significant impact on health and safety in Massachusetts. Yet debates about alcohol policy in the Commonwealth often center on economic effects and the role of alcohol as a business and a generator of revenue. The purpose of this report is to add to those debates the best available evidence on alcohol from a health and safety perspective. Beginning with a review of what we know about drinking patterns in the Bay State, the report then reviews evidence of harms, and both the revenues and the costs generated by alcohol use in the state. The report concludes with a review of alcohol policies in Massachusetts, putting them in the context of research indicating which policies are most effective in reducing alcohol-related harm, and how other states treat alcohol from a policy perspective.

Author
David H. Jernigan Ph.D., Xixi Zhou B.I.D.
Publisher
Boston University School of Public Health
Date Published
2023
Resource Type
Report/Research
Resource Topic
Data Collection and Epidemiology