Emails released by the Oregon Health Authority show that the agency delayed the release of a report which detailed the minimal impacts of beer and wine taxes on excessive drinking while the agency was pursuing an increase in beer and wine taxes. Jamie Hale/The OregonianJamie Hale/The Oregonian
The Oregon Health Authority apologized last month for failing to publish a study showing an increase in beer and wine taxes would barely diminish harms from excessive drinking, saying officials inadvertently lost track of doing so amid a staggering COVID workload.
That’s not true, public records show.
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