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Decreases in Alcohol Problems and Increased Alcoholics Anonymous Membership
Author(s) -
SMART REGINALD G.,
MANN ROBERT E.,
ANGLIN LISE
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1989.tb00607.x
Subject(s) - alcoholics anonymous , per capita , alcohol , alcohol consumption , consumption (sociology) , cirrhosis , psychology , environmental health , demography , medicine , psychiatry , chemistry , sociology , biochemistry , population , social science
Summary In this study, the impact of changes in rates of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) membership and per capita consumption of alcohol on changes in rates of cirrhosis, drinking‐driving charges and liquor act charges are examined for the 10 provinces of Canada over the period 1974–1983. Neither measure was significantly related to changes in cirrhosis rates. However, AA membership and consumption changes were associated, in an interactive manner, with changes in drinking‐driving and liquor act charges.