"Of course, an increase in drunk driving is a point often cited by casino opponents. Still, that paragraph sent me to Google, where I came across a 2010 study on the matter in the Journal of Health Economics. “Results indicate that there is... a strong link between the presence of a casino in a county and the number of alcohol-related fatal traffic accidents,” reports the study, which was performed by economists form the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and the College of Charleston. Specifically, the study found that alcohol-related fatal accidents jumped by 9.2 percent in counties with casinos."
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2011/12/12/massachusetts-casino-drunk-driving/
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2011/12/12/massachusetts-casino-drunk-driving/
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment