Michigan’s existing system of alcohol regulations and safeguards has helped manufacturers, distributors and retailers in the beer and wine sectors succeed economically while balancing public safety and health priorities,according to panelists at a Center for Alcohol Policy forum in Lansing, Michigan. The forum, “The Economic Impact of the Alcohol Industry in Michigan,” was the first of the CAP’s 2012 Michigan Alcohol Policy Series.  Session Two of the series, “Public Safety and Law Enforcement in Alcohol Regulation,” will take place Wednesday, April 18, 2012; and Session Three of the series, “What’s Happening in the World of Alcohol Regulation,” will take place Thursday, May 3, 2012. Click here to download the Session One presentation.  Read more here.

The Center for Alcohol Policy is pleased to announce that Laura Napoli, an attorney from New York, New York, is the winner of its Fourth Annual Essay Contest.  Napoli’s essay, “A Regulatory Roadmap: The Importance of Toward Liquor Control to Modern Alcohol Policy,” outlines how Toward Liquor Control explains why today’s state alcohol regulatory systems developed the way they did and provided a blueprint for many of the alcohol regulatory systems that are in place today.  Click here to learn more.

The Center for Alcohol Policy (CAP) is excited to announce the republication of Raymond B. Fosdick’s and Albert L. Scott’s, Toward Liquor Control, which has been out of circulation for more than 50 years. This book provides those interested in effective state-based alcohol regulation with a historical perspective and an understanding of why the system remains important today. Click here to purchase! Toward Liquor Control is also available in popular e-book formats. Click here to purchase as a Nook Book from Barnes and Noble, or click here to purchase the Kindle edition.  E-book copies are also available for your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iBooks and on your computer with iTunes.