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The price of getting high, stoned and drunk in BC

22 Dec 2010

The price of getting high, stoned and drunk in BC: A comparison of minimum prices for alcohol and other psychoactive substances Overview •• This•bulletin•compares•the•price•of•alcohol•in• for•a•woman•(4+•standard•drinks)•and•$2.80•for• British•Columbia•with•“standard•doses”•of•six• a•man•(5+•standard•drinks).• widely•used•illicit•drugs. [...] Centre for Addictions Research of BC 2 The price of getting high, stoned and drunk in BC: A comparison of minimum prices for alcohol and other psychoactive substances Private store data Prices•for•products•available•in•private•stores•were•obtained• heroin,•and•crystal•methamphetamine.•Median,•minimum•and• via•a•systematic•survey•of•the•whole•province•which•resulted• maximum•drug•prices•were•calcul [...] Centre for Addictions Research of BC 4 The price of getting high, stoned and drunk in BC: A comparison of minimum prices for alcohol and other psychoactive substances There•are•a•number•of•other•cheap•sources•of•alcohol•in•BC,•notably• Table 4:•A•comparison•between•effective•minimum•prices•for•the• duty-free,•home-made,•UBrew•beers•and•ciders,•UVint•wines•and• cheapest•products•in•dollars•per•stan [...] Centre for Addictions Research of BC 5 The price of getting high, stoned and drunk in BC: A comparison of minimum prices for alcohol and other psychoactive substances When•the•above•methods•were•applied•to•develop•comparative• these•are•only•rarely•updated•and•in•the•case•of•beer,•wine,•cider• estimates•of•the•minimum•costs•of•a•“low-dose”•and•a•relatively• and•coolers•have•not•kept•pace•with•infl [...] P.,•Kimber•J.,•Breen•C.,•et•al.••(2008)•Buprenorphine• Adlaf,•E.•&•Rehm,•J.•(2005).•”Survey•design•&•methodology.”•Ch.• maintenance•versus•placebo•or•methadone••maintenance• 2•in•Adlaf,•E.,•et•al.,•Canadian Addiction Survey (CAS): A national for•opioid•dependence.••Cochrane Database Syst Rev.•2008;(2)• survey of Canadians’ use of alcohol and other drugs: Prevalence of CD002207.
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