Director of Research and Policy, Marin Institute
Public health lawyer and Director of Research and Policy for the Marin Institute, and co-author of its report, The Annual Catastrophe of Alcohol in California
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Michele Simon
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FROM Michele Simon
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Alcohol and Foreclosures in California One person dies every hour in this state from alcohol use. The total economic cost is $38 billion. That's $1,000 a year per resident with much of it paid by taxpayers, according to a new study by the Marin Institute, which calls itself an industry watchdog.
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