In a Study of School Districts in the United States

In a study of school districts in the United States, researchers found that the amount of money that the districts spent on their schools had an extremely high positive correlation with the amount of money they spent on consumable alcohol (such as wine or liquor) . This must mean that

A) drinking heavily makes people want to spend more on education.
B) spending heavily on education makes people need to drink more.
C) spending on education and consumable alcohol seem to be related in some way.
D) there are serious errors in the data collection method used by these researchers.