Alcoholism in the Famil...

Most people in Canada drink alcohol. Alcohol drinking can be addictive. When there is alcoholism in the family – who bears the cost of addiction. When any member of a family is alcohol addicted, then that family may be referred to as being an “alcoholic family”. Even one...

Alcohol and Snowmobile ...

The statistics for alcohol and snowmobile safety in Canada are concerning. There are nearly 700 snowmobile clubs in Canada, and around 700,000 registered  snowmobiles. Each year, the Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organisations (CCSO) issues an alcohol warning, in a joint initiative with...

Why Do Impaired Driving...

APOL, the Alcohol Policy Network in Canada, in its “Issues to Watch”, for February 2012 puts up for discussion the need in Canada, for stronger impaired driving policies, to curb the increasing toll on the roads. see article: The evidence of studies about substance impaired...

Hitting the Bottle R...

New statistics released in the USA reveal that around one in six Americans are binge drinking at least four times a month - and that those in the 18-24 year age group are drinking nine or more alcohol drinks at a sitting, with an average of eight. The results of a survey recently...

Alcohol Prevention R...

Researchers from the University of Victoria Center for Addictions Research of BC (CARBC) have published a paper, mid December 2011, in the journal Addiction – Does Minimum Pricing Reduce Alcohol Consumption? The Experience of a Canadian Province. Twenty years of data was studied to...

Alcohol & Domestic...

Alcohol abuse is a major factor in domestic (intimate partner) violence in Canada. In a survey conducted of  24,000 men and women in Canada, 7% of women and 6% of men reported being a victim of intimate partner violence in the past 5 years. (2005 – Family Violence in Canada –...

More About FASD –...

In June of 2011 it was reported in the Globe and Mail how Toronto Hospital for Sick Children had commenced a drug free support initiative to assist some of the many children born in Canada today with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Is enough being done to safeguard the future...

Alcohol Depression ...

Research by CAMH, in early 2007, resulted in two studies about alcohol, depression and gender. In the first study it was found that depression is related to patterns of binge drinking, light drinkers are less depressed than former drinkers, for major depression, the relationhip with...

Dangers of Illicit Alco...

You would think that with the cheap and easy availability of alcohol in the western world that there would little incentive for people to take the risk of drinking fake or illicitly manufactured alcohol drinks. However, illicit production of alcohol still continues to attract interest,...

Alcohol Pricing and Dri...

Does alcohol pricing in Canada affect drinking habits and alcohol related harms. A February 2011 report from CAMH – Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, printed in the Canadian Medical Association Journal – says that alcohol consumption in Canada is increasing, a situation...