American Heart Association Comments on Sugary Drink Taxes in Mexico
January 8, 2016
The American Heart Association comments on first-year evaluation of implementation of Mexico’s sugar-sweetened beverage tax in 2014.
Dallas, TX – In 2014, Mexico implemented a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages as a step toward reversing the twin epidemics of diabetes and obesity.
A study examining the first-year impact on beverage volume sales in Mexico after tax implementation shows that a tax of one peso per liter decreased the volume of sugary drinks purchased by a significant amount (6% monthly average), while also increasing the volume of healthier drinks purchased (4% monthly average), specifically bottled water.
Sugar-sweetened drinks associated with heart disease and other chronic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.
Tennessee Highway Patrol Makes Record Currency Seizure in Cumberland County
March 16, 2011
Nashville, TN – Tennessee State Trooper Chris Adams discovered a record sum of U.S. currency after making a traffic stop on Interstate 40 in Cumberland County on Saturday, March 12th, 2011.
At approximately 10:31am on Saturday, Adams, a Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) Interdiction Plus Trooper, stopped a 2005 Freightliner tractor trailer with California tags for following too closely at mile marker 306 westbound on Interstate-40.
Officers found more than $4 million of U.S. currency inside the duct taped bundles.
