TY - JOUR PY - 1998// TI - Treatment, Alcoholics Anonymous and alcohol controls during the decrease in alcohol problems in Alberta: 1975-1993 JO - Alcohol and alcoholism A1 - Smart, Reginald G. A1 - Mann, Robert E. SP - 265 EP - 272 VL - 33 IS - 3 N2 - In this study, the trends in alcohol consumption, alcohol-related problems, alcohol availability and treatment efforts were examined for the province of Alberta, for the period 1975-1993. Most of the trends previously observed in Ontario were also observed in Alberta. We found: (1) stabilization followed by important declines in per capita consumption of alcohol; (2) large decreases in most measures of problems such as cirrhosis mortality and traffic fatalities related to drinking; (3) increases in treatment and Alcoholics Anonymous membership rates; (4) increases in measures of physical availability of alcohol. One problem, impaired driving arrest rate, increased substantially during the years examined.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 0735-0414 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -