Horizons 1994 - Alcohol and Other Drug Use In Canada

1994
ISBN: 0-662-22518-x / 1-896323-00-6
Cat. No.: H39-307/1994e

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Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Executive Summary
• A Note From The Authors
• Update 1994: Alcohol, Tobacco, And Other Drug In Canada
  
  • An Overview
    Alcohol; Tobacco; Licit Drugs, including prescribed and over-the-counter medications; Illicit Drugs; Public Attitudes toward Substance Abuse Issues
    
  • Alcohol
    Percentage and Characteristics of Those Who Drink; Level of Alcohol Consumption; Economic Aspects of Alcohol; Characteristics of High-Volume Drinkers; Alcohol-Related Morbidity; Alcohol-Related Mortality; Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Accidents; Alcohol Offences; Public Attitudes toward Alcohol Issues Tobacco
    
  • Tobacco
    Rates of Smoking; Economic Aspects of Tobacco; Characteristics of Smokers; Tobacco-Related Mortality; Attitudes to Smoking
  
  
  • Licit Drugs, including prescribed and over-the-counter
    medications Patterns of Licit
    Use; Economic Aspects of Licit Drug Use; Problems Associated with Licit Drug Use
  
  
  • Illicit Drugs
    Rates of Use; Economic Aspects of Illicit Drugs; Problems Associated with Illicit Drug Use; Drug Offences; Public Attitudes toward Drug Policy; AIDS and Injection Drug Use
    
  • Source Notes
    
• At-Risk Populations: A Cross-Canada Review
  
  • Yukon Territory
    Northern Drinking Patterns Differ ...; Patterns May Be Changing; Aboriginal People and Sobriety; Native Abstainers vs. Heavy Drinkers; Women and Drinking; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Drinking and Sex; Cold Comfort?
  • Northwest Territories
    Massive Country, Few Data; Seven Liquor Stores in 3,300,000 Square Kilometres; Women, Drugs, and Fetal Growth; Child and Spouse Abuse; Life Expectancy Among Baffin Inuit; Arctic Girls, Women, and Tobacco; Smokeless Tobacco
  • British Columbia
    Off-Reserve Problems for Aboriginal People; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Seniors; Drinking, Driving, and Cross-Border Shopping
  • Alberta
    Native and Métis Deaths; Injection Drug Use and AIDS; Non-Beverage Alcohol; Treatment Centres See Cocaine Increase; Body-Building
  • Saskatchewan
    Multiple Addictions; Impaired Drivers; Suicide; Women in Treatment
  • Manitoba
    Runaways, Drugs, and AIDS; Drug Use by Women Prostitutes; Native People in Manitoba; Native Children and Inhalants; Manitoba's Multiple Prescription Plan; Parents May Approve; Biases May Linger; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  • Ontario
    Students' Drug Use and Attitudes Shifting Again; Impaired Driving; Five Reasons Ontarians Say No to Alcohol; Socioeconomic Status and Smoking; Alcoholics Anonymous Favoured
  • Québec
    Drugs in Detention Centres; Inhalants: The First Drug; Young People in Detention; Cree People and Illicit Drugs; Impaired Driving
  • New Brunswick
    Seniors and Alcohol; High School Students and Impaired Driving; More Liquor Outlets
  • Nova Scotia
    Youth and Gambling; Multiple Drug Use Popular Among Adolescents; Street Drugs in the Maritimes
  • Prince Edward Island
    Impaired Driving: Repeat Offenders; Light Drinkers; Stores May Sell Alcohol; Young People Feel Pressures at Home
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
    Impaired Driving; Women and Youth
  • Source Notes
    
• New Horizons: Research Issues And Challenges
• Appendix: Contributors To Horizons 1994