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Thursday, February 18, 2021 www.nabca.org • MS: Bill of the Day: Mississippi would consider you an adult a few years sooner • MD: Overdose-Related Deaths Increase Amid Covid-19 Pandemic • Australia: Dizzy Donkey Cloudy Apple Cider recalled due to excessive alcohol and fears it may TODAY’S explode HIGHLIGHTS • Cancer Warning Labels on Alcohol: Calls for Congress to Act (excerpt) • What’s Fair in Beer and Litigation? • How People in the Drinks Industry Maintain Their Mental Health Dear Members and Valued Customers, New on NABCA’s website: We have recently been made aware of phishing The Collection: An Alcohol Research Summary attempts by third parties purporting to act on (formerly Annotated Bibliography) A comprehensive behalf of NABCA. Please be aware that NABCA overview of the latest scientific evidence on important does not utilize any third-party companies to topics related to alcohol policy. generate sales—and we have not authorized any Sharing Solutions E-Newsletter! 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NABCA NEWS ADDITIONAL LINKS Visit NABCA’s COVID-19 Resource page for updates regarding policy changes that effect on- and off-premise Visit NABCA’s website for information on: retail operations. • Control State Agency Information Visit NABCA’s COVID-19 Resource page for updates • Doing Business in Control States regarding policy changes that effect on- and off-premise • NABCA News retail operations. 2 CONTROL STATE NEWS a 16.9 percent increase nationally in reported fatalities from all types of drugs between May 2019 MS: Bill of the Day: Mississippi would consider you and May 2020. an adult a few years sooner “We must not forget that we have been successful in Y’all Politics flattening the opioid curve in our state before,” said By Sarah Ulmer Steve Schuh, executive director of the Opioid February 17, 2021 Operational Command Center. “That experience provided us with an entire inventory of programs that A bill offered by Senator DeBar would change the age we are adapting to our new realities.” of minority in the state from 21 to 18. That means when the term “infant” shows up in legislation it is The governor’s administration released the Maryland applied to those individuals from age zero to 18. COVID-19 Inter-Agency Overdose Action Plan in June to combat the opioid crisis amidst the coronavirus In SB 2355, it would change the age which is currently pandemic. set at 21. This would still apply for things like the purchase of alcohol but would allow those 18 and up Economic stress, high unemployment rates, social to serve on a jury. isolation, as well as disrupted treatment and recovery systems due to the pandemic are risk factors for poor The bill reads: health, including substance abuse. The term “infant,” when used in any statute, shall The administration is using grants, increasing access include any person, male or female, under * * * to telehealth services and mailing naloxone, a life- eighteen (18) years of age, except where another saving opioid antidote. section specifically provides otherwise. SECTION 2. Section 1-3-27, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended “I am confident that, by maintaining our focus on as follows: 1-3-27. The term “minor,” when used in existing programs and reinforcing our efforts to assist any statute, shall include any person, male or female, vulnerable populations, we can once again turn the under * * * eighteen (18) years of age, except where tide on substance misuse in the state,” Gov. Larry another section specifically provides otherwise. Hogan, R, said in a press release by the Opioid Operational Command Center. The bill has passed the Senate and headed to the House. The Opioid Operational Command Center reported that from January until September 2020, opioid- LICENSE STATE NEWS related deaths increased by 15.8 percent among non- Hispanic Whites and 13.1 percent among non- MD: Overdose-Related Deaths Increase Amid Hispanic Blacks, while Hispanics saw an increase of Covid-19 Pandemic 27.3 percent. Drug and alcohol related fatalities in Maryland have increased since the pandemic, and minority communities The Opioid Operational Command Center also were hit the hardest, according to a recent report. reported they are not yet sure whether the disparities are due solely to COVID-19 or are part of a more U.S. News lasting trend. By Associated Press, Wire Service Content February 17, 2021 Minority groups can be particularly affected by social isolation, loss of work and health insurance and Between January and September of 2020, there were housing, and even a stigma around wearing a mask, 2,025 unintentional intoxication deaths involving all according to the CDC types of drugs and alcohol in Maryland, a 12.1 percent increase from the same period in 2019, according to “There are so many inequities that our community a report from the state’s Opioid Operational was already facing prior to the pandemic,” Dr. Command Center. Michelle LaRue, the director of Health and Human Services at CASA, told Capital News Service. “The Maryland is not alone in its increase in overdose pandemic has not created any new inequities, but it fatalities, as the Centers for Disease Control reported has actually exacerbated those issues.” 3 Many Hispanic people are also frontline workers, and School of Social Work— enhancement of Maryland’s there is added stress in going to work and potentially crisis helpline, “Call 211, Press 1” exposing yourself or your loved ones to the virus, according to LaRue. INTERNATIONAL NEWS LaRue also speculated that the mental strain that the Australia: Dizzy Donkey Cloudy Apple Cider recalled inequities can cause for the Latino community could due to excessive alcohol and fears it may explode explain the increase in overdose fatalities for Hispanic people. News 7 By Amy Sinclair Lt. Gov. Boyd K. Rutherford, R, stated that addressing February 18, 2021 the opioid issues within minorities is one of the administration’s highest priorities. A popular cider has been recalled due to two serious issues. “We are using new and existing initiatives to help us make the most of our efforts in these communities by Various packs of Dizzy Donkey Cloudy Apple Cider delivering assistance in more efficient, strategic have been pulled from shelves at liquor stores across ways,” Rutherford said in a press release by the South Australia. Opioid Operational Command Center. Prancing Pony Pty Ltd is conducting the recall due to Rutherford formed a racial disparities workgroup the product potentially containing more alcohol than under the Inter-Agency Heroin and Opioid the level listed on the can. Coordinating Council that will study the disparities There are fears the cans may “rupture”, due to and develop policy recommendations to address secondary fermentation, and potentially cause injury. them. Cider recall The workgroup will include stakeholders from state and local governments as well as community The recalled ciders are: organizations. • Dizzy Donkey Cloudy Apple Cider 375ml - four- The report also announced a $3.5 million grant to the pack Center for Urban Health Equity at Morgan State • Dizzy Donkey Cloudy Apple Cider 375ml - University to identify and address a variety of health included in mixed six-pack disparities and issues. • Dizzy Donkey Cloudy Apple Cider 375ml - 24-pack The Opioid Operational Command Center also provided $9.6 million in grant awards this summer “Prancing Pony Pty Ltd is conducting a recall of their through its fiscal year 2021 Block Grant and Dizzy Donkey Cloudy Apple Cider 375ml,” Food Competitive Grant program. Standards Australia said. The grants support several organizations that will “The product has been available for sale individually, work with underserved communities in particular, as a four-pack, as a 24-pack and as part of a mixed six- and there will be a focus on understanding and pack. building trust with communities to “encourage “The products have been available for sale at on treatment and recovery.” premise venues, online liquor retailers and Maryland also received a federal grant of almost $51 Cellarbrations stores in SA. million through the State Opioid Response II program “The recall is due to potential for alcohol to exceed which, according to the report, will be used for marked alcohol content and possibility for can to various initiatives including: rupture due to a secondary fermentation. — an increase in behavioral health services for youth “Food products containing excess alcohol and and young adults carbonation may cause illness/injury if consumed. — an expansion of the behavioral health workforce Consumers should not drink or open this product, and through partnerships with historically Black colleges should dispose of it safely.” and universities and the University of Maryland 4 Nigeria: Alcohol use is worryingly high among We found that about a third of the respondents were Nigerian students: here’s who is most at risk users of alcohol and about 9% were dependent on it.