Conti testified about.
The NABCA, meanwhile, continues to strive to publicize what control-state systems in gen- eral accomplish. “A multitude of peer-reviewed scientific research
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over the last several decades has shown the positive impact control systems have on public health,” said Sgueo. For example, in April, the US Centers for Disease Control’s Task Force on Community Preventive Services released a report recommend- ing against further privatization of alcohol sales. This task force, made up of 12 medical and public- health experts, reviewed 21 studies of the impact of privatization on consumption. “Based on its charge to identify effective disease and injury prevention measures,” the task force wrote, it “recommends against the privatization of alcohol sales in settings with current government control of retail sales, based on strong evidence that privatization results in increased per capita alcohol consumption, a well- established proxy for excessive consumption.” At this year’s NABCA annual conference, held
May 11th through May 15th in Phoenix, Stapleton will moderate a seminar called “The Monopoly Factor,” (on Friday, May 13th) where supplier panelists – Mark Teasdale, CEO & president of
Proximo, Bill Newlands, president of Beam glob- al and Donn Lux, president and CEO of Luxco – will talk about the perception of control-state agencies carrying less selection when they often carry more than private retailers. A past PLCB chairman, John E. Jones, III, now a judge of the United States District Court, will be one of the panelists of the seminar “The Push for Privatization,” held on Thursday, May 12th. In other words, the NABCA is already hard at work holding the idea of control up to the light to see exactly what it does and what it is. And as incom- ing chairman, Pennsylvania’s Stapleton is ready and able to give people a clear-eyed explanation. “Patrick is a veteran, with 14 years of experi- ence,” said Sgueo. “I look forward to working with him.”
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