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Mental Illness and Addiction Affects Us All The Nickel-a-Drink Research Foundation is a family and consumer driven health charity raising money for education and research into addictive behaviours as well as mental disorders. We are also committed to raising awareness of addictions issues among policy and decision-makers to reduce the harms of substance abuse in our communities.
Be Safe Be Smart Video Contest The Be Safe Be Smart Campaign to reduce the harms of alcohol abuse is a pilot project sponsored by our Foundation for the grade 12 students of St. Malachy's Memorial High School of Saint John, NB.
YouTube Video Links Click here to view video by Megan Henwood and Jillian Breen Click here to view video by Kyle Bourque and Devin Bourque
BC Coalition for Action on Alcohol Reform The BC Coalition for Action on Alcohol Reform advocates on behalf of the residents of British Columbia to reduce the social and economic harms of alcohol abuse in the province. Alcohol, without exception, is the substance that poses greatest risk of harm to the people of our municipalities. We are drinking more and it is also costing us more, not only as far as dollars are concerned for policing and health care, but also an enormous human cost including domestic abuse, violent assault, risky sexual behaviour, accidental death, homicide and suicide. We are recommending that the government targets problematic cheap, high-strength alcoholic products for price increases. Our current pricing policies are putting our most vulnerable populations at risk because they are considerably cheaper than low-strength alcohol products. The price of getthing high, stoned and drunk in BC, is a report issued by the Centre for Addictions Research of BC in December 2010 calls for ending rock bottom drink prices to address the continuing connection between cheap alcohol, death and hosptialization in BC. "British Columbia needs to stop allowing the alcohol industry to market high-powered cheap drinks to young people and alcoholics." Read more... "Alcohol abuse carries a high cost, affecting everything from relationships to health to crime... With that in mind the provincial government should ensure that more potent drinks carry a stiffer price." Read more... "Civic leaders join push for booze price reform." Read more... Pricing policies must be guided by principles that minimize harm and promote as well as protect public health and safety. Click here for more information about this initiative. Become a member Advocacy is all about numbers. You can help support our cause by becoming a member. Please send a cheque or money order for $10 to Nickel-a-Drink Research Foundation, 1701 Cedar Hill Cross Road, Suite 609, Victoria, BC V8P 2P9. Make a donation Donations to support our advocacy work can be sent to the Victoria address or made online by clicking on the CanadaHelps logo below.