After raising alcoholic drink prices by 10%, alcohol-related deaths in Canada dropped by nearly one third, researchers from the University of Victoria's Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia reported in the journal Addiction. The authors explained that between 2002 and 2009, the total number of deaths in British Columbia fell considerably more than experts had expected after the minimum price of alcohol was raised. This study has "significant implications for international alcohol policy", they wrote...
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