Utah hiked its liquor prices by 2 percent last year, a move that will generate an additional $4 million for the state in 2018.
The money will be used to teach alcohol prevention to public school children — but it could come at the expense of another program, this one aimed at their parents.
Most Utahns likely have seen the group’s television commercials and billboards and heard the radio spots that encourage mothers and fathers to take a more active role in preventing underage drinking.
Lawmakers created the program in 2012, requiring that 6 percent of all liquor sales go to fund the program.