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Colorado senators propose new fee on alcohol producers to fund addiction treatment and recovery programs

Alcohol trade groups question use of fee, warn of its impacts on industry

A pedestrian walks past advertisements for liquor at a local liquor store along Colfax avenue in Denver on Jan. 3, 2024. Colorado has a high rate of alcohol-related deaths, ranging from car crash fatalities to suicide deaths and liver failure. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
A pedestrian walks past advertisements for liquor at a local liquor store along Colfax avenue in Denver on Jan. 3, 2024. Colorado has a high rate of alcohol-related deaths, ranging from car crash fatalities to suicide deaths and liver failure. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - MARCH 7: Meg Wingerter - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | mwingerter@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Colorado consistently has one of the highest rates of deaths related to excessive drinking in the country, as well as some of the lowest taxes.
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