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Control State News March 21, 2019 MI: Nearly 130,000 bottles of wine illegally shipped into Michigan MEMBER UPDATE PA: Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Returns Nearly $2.1 A new benefit has been released for Million in Licensing Fees to Local Communities members. Using your member login, visit https://www.nabca.org/member- VT: Researchers praise Iceland model to reduce teen drug newsletter to view the new Member use Newsletter. The newsletter will include member benefits, surveys, License State News important reminders, upcoming events and so on. MA: In Massachusetts, strict drinking laws are decades in the making As always, if you have any questions concerning your organization’s OK: Bottle Service bill passes House benefits, please contact Dawn Rigaud by calling 703.578.4200. 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Of those bottles, 185,408 of them were spirits or illegally shipped wine. It’s estimated that 60 percent to 70 percent of the alcohol purchased online is wine, which means nearly 130,000 bottles of wine were illegally shipped into Michigan over the three-month stretch. “Wine illegally shipped into Michigan by out-of-state retailers robs our state of much-needed tax revenue at a time when Michigan needs every penny it can get,” said Spencer Nevins, president of the Michigan Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association. “Illegal wine shipments also take money away from mom-and-pop retailers who invest in their communities and are proud to call Michigan home.” In the 2nd quarter of 2018, spanning April through June, 496,376 bottles of alcohol were shipped into Michigan. Of those, 245,289 were bottles of wine shipped by licensed direct shippers, with the remaining 251,087 bottles consisting of spirits and illegally shipped wine. It’s estimated that more than 150,000 bottles of wine were illegally shipped into the state during this time period. Third-quarter data is unavailable due to insufficient reporting. “I find it deeply troubling that out-of-state retailers continue to skirt state law by shipping at least 300,000 bottles of wine illegally into the state during 2018. More troubling is the fact that number is likely much higher because it excludes data from the 1st and 3rd quarters of 2018,” Nevins said. “We urge the Michigan Liquor Control Commission to continue tracking these bad actors and for the state to crack down on out-of-state retailers who illegally ship wine into our state.” The data were compiled using reports from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission and excise tax data from the state of Michigan. PA: Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Returns Nearly $2.1 Million in Licensing Fees to Local Communities News Release By Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board March 20, 2019 HARRISBURG, Pa., March 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) today announced the return of nearly $2.1 million in licensing fees to 1,103 municipalities in which licensees are located. Twice a year, as required by law, the PLCB returns liquor license fees paid by PLCB-approved licensees to the municipalities that are home to those licenses. Municipalities have flexibility in allocating and spending the returned license fees to meet local needs. The PLCB oversees the regulation of more than 15,000 retail liquor licenses statewide, including restaurants, clubs and hotels. Licensees pay liquor license fees ranging from $125 to $700, depending on the type of license and the population of the municipality in which the license is located, as part of the annual license renewal or validation process, as well as in conjunction with approval of certain new applications. The current dispersal period represents fees paid from Aug. 1, 2018, to Jan. 31, 2019. In all, 47 cities, 416 boroughs and 640 townships will receive payments ranging from $25 to $858,600. The complete list of license fee distributions by municipality is available on the PLCB website. NABCA Daily News Update (3/21/2019) 3 Over the last five fiscal years, the PLCB returned $22.5 million in licensing fees to local municipalities. The PLCB regulates the distribution of beverage alcohol in Pennsylvania, operates more than 600 wine and spirits stores statewide, and licenses 20,000 alcohol producers, retailers, and handlers. The PLCB also works to reduce and prevent dangerous and underage drinking through partnerships with schools, community groups, and licensees. Taxes and store profits – totaling $16.5 billion since the agency's inception – are returned to Pennsylvania's General Fund, which finances Pennsylvania's schools, health and human services programs, law enforcement, and public safety initiatives, among other important public services. The PLCB also provides financial support for the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement, the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, other state agencies, and local municipalities across the state. For more information about the PLCB, visit lcb.pa.gov. MEDIA CONTACT: Shawn M. Kelly 717.783.8864 SOURCE Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Related Links http://lcb.pa.gov VT: Researchers praise Iceland model to reduce teen drug use VTDigger By Ellie French March 20, 2019 Researchers told lawmakers Wednesday a prevention-focused model that has succeeded in Iceland is the best way to address substance abuse among Vermont teenagers. In the last 20 years, Iceland has seen a drastic decrease in youth substance use — the percentage of 15- and 16- year-olds who had been drunk in the last month dropped from 42 percent to 5 percent between 1998 and 2016. The percentage of teens smoking daily went from 23 percent to 2 percent, and teen marijuana use dropped from 17 percent to 7 percent during the same time. According to researchers, these shifts are because of a prevention model that targets the “causes of causes” of substance use — the environmental and social risk factors that lead to factors like boredom and disengagement that can cause youth substance use. Now, researchers want to bring that Icelandic model to Vermont. Michael Mann and Humberto Soriano presented to legislators at the Statehouse Wednesday about their work. The model is currently being implemented in 28 countries, as well as several states. Most recently, Mann has been working on prevention in West Virginia — a state he said is much like Vermont, particularly in terms of its rural population, only with more severe substance abuse problems. Mann said results are much more difficult to accomplish through changes in individual behavior than through larger changes in culture — which is where the prevention model comes in. “It may not be as sexy, but you get a lot more value for your money,” Soriano said. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” The way the model works is that a government body — like Iceland, or the state of Vermont — will officially adopt prevention as their method for addressing youth substance abuse. Then, surveys sent out to schools can be used to determine each community’s strengths and challenges when it comes to youth substance use. The government is then able to work with specific organizations to implement solutions. The researchers said the solutions they are interested in are not law or policy changes, but rather changes in the conversation and cultural norms among teens and their parents. For instance, they said in Iceland, teenagers used to party until 4 a.m. or later, and parents weren’t keeping close track of their childrens’ whereabouts. But Icelandic NABCA Daily News Update (3/21/2019) 4 researchers used community education to change that norm, and now, most teenagers in Iceland have curfews around 11 p.m. — something they say has helped to significantly lower youth substance use. Mann and Soriano said some parents aren’t going to be able to implement those changes at home, especially if they struggle with substance issues themselves. But they said prevention is much like a vaccine — you don’t need 100 percent of people to participate, the positive effects of 95 percent participation can carry over to that remaining 5 percent. Mann, a professor at Boise State, and Soriano, a Chilean pediatrician, are two researchers who have studied the Icelandic model. Mann said money for the programs is already there: he suggested the spending just needs to shift from the back end of the problem — on things like substance abuse treatment — to the front end.