Alcohol is linked to more deaths than guns or opioids. Between 2006–2010, excessive alcohol use resulted in 88,000 deaths per year. For comparison, drug overdoses killed about 64,000 people in 2016 — and we’ve declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency.
As alcohol-linked deaths continue to rise, the Senate is expected to vote on a tax bill this week that would exacerbate this public health problem. Tucked away in the Senate’s tax bill is the “Craft ...