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RAISING THE BEER TAX CAN SOBER UP THE STUDENT BODY

Drinking can be dangerous to a young person's educational achievement, report Philip J. Cook and Michael J. Moore of Duke University. In a recent study, they found that students who drink alcohol heavily in high school are less likely than their peers to earn a college degree.

Since heavy drinking and low educational aspirations often go together, these results are hardly surprising. But the two economists also looked at the effects of state beer taxes on educational achievement.

They found that youths of similar backgrounds, abilities, and other factors known to influence college performance were significantly more likely to graduate from college they came from states with high beer taxes. "States that have established stringent alcohol control policies," they conclude, "have thereby contributed to the educational success of their students."

GENE KORETZ
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