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Relaxing the alcohol controls re. Its in increases in the coles of alcohol and likely an <br />increase in alcohol-related problems. <br /> <br /> alcohol <br />availability <br /> <br />alcohol alcohol-related <br />censumotion problems <br /> <br />What does it mean to Increase alcohol availability?. <br /> <br />Increasing the availability of alcohol means Increasing the number of physical locations where alcohol <br />is presen[, increasing, the number of licenses for selling alcohol, or increasing the social availability of <br />alcohol. Social availability means provision of alcohol through social sources--parents, friends, older <br />~lf~li~§$, eammunity momborc, and ¢o on. <br /> <br />Ho,,,w, ,would the.proposed legislation., result in an increase in alcohol availability? <br /> <br />Most grocery stores currently I~ave a 3.2% beer license, meaning they cannot self strong beer. If <br />grocery stores s01d wine,, they would increase the number of alcohol prcducts they made available to <br />~,~ p.bll~..'l,, .,JJIIl .... ;l' ~ ..... ~ ~[.,~ i[..~i ,~, =~i kmm n q qg( hnnr linnn¢~ dncida tn ~tad ~PIliRR <br />wine, 'there would be ~ increa~ in ~he over~l number of alcohol outlets. In order for gr~ew stores <br />to sell onlywine in addition te 3.2% beer, they will likely have to propose sn off-sale wine license that <br />curre~ly does not exist. ~e creation of a new categow 'implies additional licenses that in turn imply <br />Increases in availability. <br /> <br />How does an Increase in ~l_,coho! availability jn,!luence alcohol consumption? <br /> <br />Numerous research studies have demonstrated tibet an Increase in the availability of alcohol (whether <br />through the addition of outlets or the availabitity of stronger al6ohol) <br />consumption of alcohol (Gruenew~M, 1998). PrivatE[ag state distr[b¢ion systems (whic~ results in an <br />~ncrease in est~lishments) h~s ~nsistently resulted in an increase in wine sales, ranging from 15% <br />to 150% ~agenaar & Holder, 1995). In ~dd~ion, researchers have found that increasing the densi~ <br />of alcohol o~lets results b i~creased beer, wl~e and spirit consumption. For example, one study <br />revealed a 17% increase In wine sales following the introdu~ion ¢ table wine into grocery stores. No <br />ct~cr ¢~t~Ow nf nl~nholic beverage h~d incressed sa. fan (Wagena~r ~ Langley, 1994). Increases in <br /> <br />Lhll~more a vvl~:~ ~, I ~&~, 81,~lvu~k~ & Wa~i,,sl~,, 100g). In oontra~, rn~tdntin0 ~e r~t~if awibhil~y <br />of alcohol is asso0iat~ with reduced consumption (Gliksm~n & Eush, 1988). <br /> <br /> <br />