Editorial “Pa. liquor store sale unhealthy” edifies:
“Using data from the National Center for Health Statistics, the two calculated alcohol-related deaths for all states in the last eight years. Pennsylvania’s was 3.7 per 100,000 people. The highest rate was Alaska’s, with 19.5 per 100,000.
“’Many factors might contribute to the low rate of alcohol-related deaths in Pennsylvania, but one key factor is the state’s long-standing alcohol policy,’ the professors wrote.
“The policy, they said, ‘provides a societal incentive to consume moderate amounts of alcohol by decreasing its easy accessibility.’ Among other things, the policy allows for ‘limited hours of operation and close monitoring of purchases and price structure.’“
WATCHDOG: A wag of the tail for this useful information. Have the Intell and New Era traded editors?
