Abstract Aims This paper provides a historical review of gambling in Canada and examines the benefits and shortcomings of present-day Canadian gambling policies and practices. This includes a discussion of provincial and federal government roles in gambling regulation and an overview of problem gambling prevention and treatment initiatives. Methods The gambling studies literature was probed for pertinent information on factors such as historical development, legislative changes, economic conditions and cultural influences that have affected gambling participation and social responsibility strategies in Canada
Also filed in Evidence Base
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Tagged activity, ambiguous, crime, criminal-code, expansion-which, gambling-policy, gambling-within, increased-crime, minor-concerns, paper-provides, personal, second-allowed, seen-as-minor
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Since October 2012, Local Authorities have had the power to introduce a Late Night Levy (LNL) on premises opening after midnight under the PRSA 2011 . The Levy is intended as a means of raising a contribution towards police and council accrued costs of the late-night economy.
Abstract: Background: Police agencies across the globe enforce laws that prohibit drug transportation, distribution, and use with varying degrees of effectiveness. Within the United States, law enforcement strategies that rely on partnerships between criminal justice officials, neighbourhood residents, and social service providers (i.e., collaborative implementation) have shown considerable promise for reducing crime and disorder associated with open-air drug markets.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The Local Government Association (LGA) have published guidance on Public health and alcohol licensing in England . Under new licensing measures councils have greater powers in relation to licensing decisions, and health bodies are now a 'responsible authority' .
Also filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Tagged alcohol-public, based-decisions, crime, Guidance, health, health-briefing, lga, licensing, police, policy, potential, responsible, tackling-drugs, the-prevention
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Recent bulletins from the drug and alcohol bank : Real-world Canadian evidence supports minimum alcohol pricing Canadian studies form a substantial part of the evidence that in the real world something close to the minimum per unit alcohol pricing policy contemplated for Britain has reduced consumption in ways predicted by mathematical models. From British Columbia, support for this first step in the chain expected to lead to improved public health and productivity and reduced crime
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The much anticipated consultation on the Government alcohol strategy has been released, proposing a 45 pence Minimum Unit Price (MUP).
New Licensing powers will come into effect this week – see Home Office release . From the 31st October, local authorities will have the discretion to introduce Early Morning Restriction Orders (EMROs) and a ‘late night levy’ as part of plans to “re-balance” the licensing act through greater powers to councils and residents. EMROs will allow local authorities to restrict the sale of alcohol between midnight and 6am – see EMRO factsheet
Abstract: Background: British Columbia (BC), Canada, is home to a large illegal cannabis industry that is known to contribute to substantial organized crime concerns. Although debates have emerged regarding the potential benefits of a legally regulated market to address a range of drug policy-related social problems, the value of the local (i.e., domestically consumed) cannabis market has not been characterized.Methods: Monte Carlo simulation methods were used to generate a median value and 95% credibility interval for retail expenditure estimates of the domestic cannabis market in BC. Model parameter estimates were obtained for the number of cannabis users, the frequency of cannabis use, the quantity of cannabis used, and the price of cannabis from government surveillance data and studies of BC cannabis users.Results: The median annual estimated retail expenditure on cannabis by British Columbians was $407million (95% Credibility Interval [CI]: $169–948million)
Also filed in Evidence Base, cannabis
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Tagged based-on-local, british, crime, estimated, frequency, given-the-value, law-enforcement, monte-carlo, organized-crime, potential, price, should-consider, social-problems, users-accounted
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A&E data sharing e-learning An e-learning resource – Reducing Violence in your Community: Emergency Department Datasharing – has been released to support data sharing between the Accident and Emergency Departments (EDs) and Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs).
Alcohol Concern have released a new alcohol harm map . It aims to 'reveal the real harm and cost of alcohol at a local level, so that local authorities and local health providers can ensure that alcohol prevention and treatment services are available to those with drinking problems.'
Also filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Tagged alcohol, association, british, data, Guidance, health, local-authority, methodology, production, the-methodology
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