Marin Institute

Marin Institute's Charge for Harm campaign aims to hold Big Alcohol accountable for the tremendous harm its products cause. Appropriately taxing alcohol in each state and at the federal level will help reduce over-consumption, as well as provide much-needed funds for prevention and health care. Marin Institute highlights the various efforts states are engaged in to increase taxes and fees. See list of states that currently charge for harm.

Latest News

• West Virginia Governor Won't Veto Proposed Beer Tax Hike (February 2010)
• Alaska Legislative Leader Wants All Alcohol Taxes Used to Fund Treatment (February 2010)
• Lobbyists Help Smooth the Way for a Tax Break for Foreign Rum Maker (February 2010)

California Policy

• Alcohol-Related Deaths and Hospitalizations by Race, Gender, and Age in California
• Localities in California with Alcohol Fee Programs
• Charge for Harm - Alcohol-Related Services Act
• Understanding Alcohol Taxes vs. Fees
• The Annual Catastrophe of Alcohol in California

Frequently asked questions

Research and Resources

• Preventing Excessive Alcohol Use: Increasing Alcohol Taxes
• Substance Abuse Services Commission: Providing a Blueprint for Change in Maine
• In the Red: Alcohol Revenue and State Budgets in Crisis
• The Human and Economic Cost of Alcohol Abuse in New Mexico, 2006
• The Effects of Alcohol Excise Tax Increases on Public Health in Maryland
• States That Charge for Harm
• Marin Institute on Taxes for NPN Conference
• Bill Ponicki on Taxes for NPN Conference
• Judy Cushing on Taxes for NPN Conference
• Increasing Alcohol Taxes -- Myth v. Reality
• Raising Alcohol Taxes Reduces Harm
• Briefing Paper on Alcohol Excise Taxes (National Conference of State Legislatures)
• Alcohol Taxes: The European Model Works
• Inflation-Adjusted Alcohol Taxes Since 1969 (California and Federal)
• Increasing Alcohol Taxes (Center for Science in the Public Interest)
• Factbook on State Beer Taxes (Center for Science in the Public Interest)

Articles, etc.

• California Blacks and Hispanics More Likely to Die in Alcohol-related Homicides (January 2010)
• California Lawmakers Kill Fee Bill by Not Voting (January 2010)
• State Alcohol Taxes Creep Up, But Not to Benefit of Programs (January 2010)
• Maryland Should Raise its Alcohol Tax to Cut the Deficit (January 2010)
• Kansas: Liquor Tax Hike Bubbles to the Surface (January 2010)
• California Assembly Health Committee Kills AB 1019 (January 2010)
• Beall Won't Give on Alcohol Fees (January 2010)
• Charge For Harm Rally to Pass California AB 1019 (January 2010)
• States Take Run at Beer Taxes (But Come Up Short) (December 2009)
• Editorial: California Must Curb Growing Binge Drinking by Kids (December 2009)
• Have a Drink and Share the Sacrifice (December 2009)
• Marin Institute Reports on Alcohol Revenue and State Budgets in Crisis (November 2009)
• Charge For Harm Alliance and ChargeForHarm.org Launched (October 2009)
• Charge for Harm: An Interview with Bruce Livingston (October 2009)
• Historic Hearing on Wisconsin Beer Tax Increase (October 2009)
• Massachusetts Liquor Stores Buzzing Over Newest Tax (September 2009)
• North Carolina Latest State to Raise Alcohol Taxes (August 2009)
• North Carolina: Higher Alcohol, Sales Taxes to Hit NC Consumers (August 2009)
• Chicago Blackhawks Owner Sues To Halt Liquor Tax Hike (August 2009)

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