Ever seen someone make a quarter disappear?
You did if you watched this year’s legislative session, where advocates seeking to stem the state’s tide of alcohol-related deaths proposed a 25-cent-per-drink tax — and lawmakers shrank it down to hardly a penny.
Instead of funding $175 million in alcohol treatment and prevention, the final legislation will raise $10 million.
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