Pubdate: Tue, 07 Jul 2009
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2009 Canwest Publishing Inc.
Contact: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/letters.html
Website: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476

DID YOU KNOW . . .

That Alcohol Kills And Hospitalizes More B.C. Residents Than Drugs?

A Centre for Addictions Research of B.C. report reveals that between 
2002 and 2006, there were 4,431 deaths directly caused by alcohol, 
and 1,814 caused by illicit drugs. Stays in hospital due to alcohol 
use reached 89,065 between 2003 and 2007, an increase of 3.4 per cent 
from the previous study period. Stays in hospital due to illicit drug 
use jumped 36 per cent to 22,381 visits across B.C.
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