Their owners had been losing money, and sugar prices had been depressed for years, but Albaugh wanted the mills for an alcohol they produce that is used to make 2, 4-D.

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And because drinking too much is associated with disruption, disease, and death, they calculate that doubling the tax on alcohol will produce 35 percent fewer traffic crash deaths, 11 percent fewer deaths from sexually transmitted diseases, and 6 percent fewer deaths from violence.

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