Privatization, prices debated at Utah alcohol summit

Provo • Researchers disagreed Thursday on whether states, like Utah, that control alcohol distribution do better at curbing drunken driving, underage drinking and overconsumption, but they agreed on one sure-fire way to reduce such social ills: boost the price of booze. At a symposium in Provo on alcohol and its effects sponsored by the Utah County Department of Drug and Alcohol Prevention and Treatment and other agencies, about 100 state lawmakers, municipal officials and law enforcement agent...