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NABCA
(National Alcohol Beverage Control Association)
Eighteen
states, plus Montgomery & Worcester County,
Maryland are known as
"control jurisdictions." They control
the sale of distilled spirits and, in some cases,
wine
through government agencies at the wholesale level
and account for almost one third of the nation's population.
Twelve of those jurisdictions also exercise control
over retail sales for off-premise consumption - either
through government-operated package stores or designated
outlets over which the state supervises a sales agency
relationship.
In
the regulation of alcohol beverages, they are the
alternative
to the license states - where wholesale and retail
sales of distilled spirits and wine are wholly
in the hands
of private sellers. By participating in the marketplace,
the control jurisdictions are able to serve their citizens
with a broader and more flexible range of policy options
for promoting moderation in the consumption of alcohol
beverages and for reducing alcohol abuse.
NABCA
Control States
Click
on a state image or name to view their Alcohol
Control Page
The
National Alcohol Beverage Control Association (NABCA),
established in 1937, represents the control jurisdictions.
Like most national associations, NABCA, with headquarters
in the Washington DC area, serves its members as an
information clearinghouse. A key part of that
information processing function is the compilation
of statistical reports amounting to over six million
pages every year. NABCA also publishes annual
surveys of control jurisdiction operations.
Its library compiles informational and educational
materials as a resource for its members.
Management
of the association is vested in its Board of Directors,
with one director from each of the control jurisdictions
and a President elected from the board annually.
Day-to-day administration is the responsibility of
a full-time Executive Director and staff.
NABCA
also serves as the liaison for the control jurisdictions
to the federal government, the thirty-two license
states and the alcohol beverage industry.
Of
increasing importance is the association's role in
public alcohol education and awareness programs.
In recent years, NABCA has funded initiatives to address
binge drinking on college campuses and other problems
of abusive drinking. The association also sponsors
an annual National Alcohol Education Symposium, bringing
government, academic, medical and other public service
organizations. The objective: to better
understand alcohol abuse and to find better ways of
sharing that understanding with our communities.
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