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. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom