Canadian addiction survey 2004

The survey is a collaborative undertaking sponsored by Health Canada, the Canadian Executive Council on Addictions (CECA) [consisting of the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA), the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC), the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (AFM), the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Prince Edward Island Provincial Health Services Authority and the [...] The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the policies and positions of the funding partners. [...] Survey design and methodology The Canadian Addiction Survey consisted of over 400 questionnaire items pertaining to the use of alcohol and illicit drugs, life harm associated with such use and the level of risk demonstrated by such use, and items tapping public opinion, attitudes and knowledge about alcohol and illicit drugs. [...] Nevertheless, since one of the objectives of the CAS is to generate estimates of the prevalence of substance use and abuse for Canada as a whole, the relatively small size of these excluded populations should have minimal effect on the reliability of estimates for the broader population. [...] FIGURE 1: Albertans and Canadians (Aged 15 Years and Up) Reporting the Use of Alcohol During the Lifetime and the Past Year.