The following is a selected list of resources on the subject of alcohol — from quirky details about the history of alcohol consumption in Canada to a sobering breakdown of its health effects.

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Basics

• Drinking Facts from the Canadian Public Health Association: fact sheets, trivia, quizzes, resources.
• Alcohol facts and figures from the International Center fro Alcohol Policies — comprehensive guide on: legislation, policy, bootlegging, marketing, health and social effects, global statistics.
• Fast Facts on Alcohol — history, trends, use, health effects — from Addictions Foundation of Manitoba.
• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health guide to alcohol — what it is; what it does; how much is too much; who to contact for help with drinking problems, etc.

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Health

• Health Canada backgrounder on alcohol.
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder — fact sheet from Public Health Agency of Canada.
• World Health Organization alcohol overview — background, global statistics.
• The Positive and Negative Effects of Alcohol — CAMH.

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History

• The Canadian Encyclopedia's walkthrough of alcohol prohibition in Canada.
• A timeline of prohibition and other alcohol policies in Canada from the Alcohol Policy. Network of the Ontario Public Health Association.
• CBC News In Depth: Prohibition.

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Studies

• Health Canada public opinion survey on Canadians' use of alcohol and other drugs.
• Canadian Addiction Survey (2004) — first national survey of alcohol and other drug use since 1994.
• Avoidable Cost of Alcohol Abuse in Canada (2002) — CAMH study of the economic impact of increasing alcohol taxation, lowering the blood alcohol concentration legal limit, increasing the legal minimum drinking age and other measures.
• Alcohol in Europe — comprehensive report on alcohol use in Europe.
• WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol (2004).
• Canadian Medical Association Journal articles on alcohol.

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Deregulation

• Retail Alcohol Monopolies: Privatization, Deregulation and Alcohol Consumption — CAMH.
• Sobering Result: The Alberta Liquor Retailing Industry 10 Years After Privatization.
• British Columbia’s Liquor Distribution System: Does It Work for Consumers? — Consumers’ Association of Canada study on partial privatization of alcohol sales.