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Alcohol Tax Study

(Salem, OR) -- A bill passed by the Oregon Legislature would create a taskforce to examine raising the beer and wine taxes. The group would include bipartisan legislators, representatives from the alcohol industry, and treatment service providers. Craft brewers say an additional tax would make it more difficult for them to compete with large beer companies. Representatives from addiction treatment groups say alcohol consumption has a negative effect on Oregon's economy, because of the health impacts.

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