how much did this cost, just to tell us what we already know!!

Gosh darnit, I have to get on one of these band wagons!!

Well, if the rest of the country had the Government we have they would drink more to.

I heard the government is going to make us all quit drinking by raising taxes on liquor. Just wait for it, we have the Olympics to pay for.

Let's not forget that this government has increased the number of casino's and cold beer and wine stores.
Lot's of gambling and booze on every corner.
The two go together.
They did it to increase revenue...so what did they do with the money?
How come we are so broke and they are increasing taxes even more?
Liquor is a huge source of revenue...now they will increase the price even more, under the guise of protecting us from ourselves.
Another one of those things that makes you shake you head and go...hummmm.
Could it be that our financial situation here in B.C. is even worse than they are letting on??
Now,where's my sctoch?

I'll drink to that!

I found this study depressing...I think I need a drink.

I've ben dinking since I red it. Hop 2 sober uyp for +he groky sore. I ned fod!!lol

Two hearing impaired gentleman talking.. One points and says "I think it's Wembley" Second guy says "No its thursday" First guy says "Yeh so am I, lets go for a drink" lol.

This all coming from a Liberal (scum) Party who have a leader that is a drunk driver.

Interesting.

Actually Pylot, this is coming from he Centre for Addictions Research B.C. not the Liberal Party of BC. I confuse the two all the time as well.

We need to get those pot usage numbers up; gotta support the local economy.

The continual increase of taxation on alcohol creates a proportional increase in home production of wine, beer, and spirits. Or so I have heard.
Too bad we can't grow tobacco in this climate. With all of this stunning data on the use of drugs, you'd think the experts could come up with a way to solve the problems caused by the consumption of same.
metalman.

"Alcohol and Other Drug Monitoring Project (AOD) found per capita alcohol consumption is up 16 % since 1998"

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n1099/a03.html

The amount BC drinks is 9.2 litres per person 15 and over.

Here are the world stats for the same age group.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption

Uganda heads the list at more than twice the BC level. There are 38 countries that are as high or higher as BC. Australia is as high as BC.

Australia - 9.19
Greece - 9.30
Netherlands - 9.74
New Zealand - 9.79
UK - 10.39
Finland - 10.43
Switzerland - 11.53
Denmark - 11.93
Spain - 12.25
Austria - 12.58
Germany - 12.89
France - 13.54
Ireland - 14.45
Czech - 16.21
Luxembourg - 17.54

High time we caught up as long as people are not drinking to get drunk.

What is not said is what is it we are drinking. I suspect much is in the more common use of wine at a home dinner table. I think that section of the liquor stores has grown from 20 years ago. But the Liquor Control Board could tell us that.

can i do a David Suzuki here? Using his logic for man made global warming: Drug use is going up, drug availability is going up...obviously drug availability is causing increased drug use. Before you all roast me, remember, this is david suzuki's logic (you can look it up) , not mine. I guess you cant believe in the eco-prophet and legalizing drugs at the say time...

On a point that is actually relevant to the topic (sorry about that last post) maybe gus is right: more wine drinking. I mean with a whole tourist industry based at visiting wineries in the okanagan, that has to have an effect. I wnder, do they count the wine consumed if you spit it out after tasting it?
Oh yeah, if this is story is bad news, its theliberals fault. If it s good news, it actually isnt because there is some down side.

"Oh yeah, if this is story is bad news, its the liberals fault. If it s good news, it actually isnt because there is some down side."

That pretty much sums it up in terms of many of the people who post here.

hic.

Yo..metalman!...as you may know..there are several sites on the internet where you can buy tobacco plant seeds...and they grow just fine in a green house!
They recommend you start 'em inside and away you go!
I haven't grown it myself,but have heard from several who have that it grows well.
So, bathtub beer and wine and homegrown tobaccy!
Ain't life grand!
Now,if I could just figure out how to make single malt scotch....

When you say 9.2 liters, is that converted too pure alcohol, or preconversion.

9.2 litres of preconversion is barely a flat of beer a year.

If it is converted to pure alcohol, that is equivalent too 42 flats of beer. That would 2.76 beers every day.... I have neighbour that does over that. I'm below par, I think maybe 0.5 beers a day on the average.

Andy! home grown baccy? wacky!
Aw shoot, I'm a non smoker.
As for single malt, we can do this, find some good organic barley, lots of it, figure out how best to malt (roast) it, create a mash and ferment it, then distill it a couple of times. Get some used oak casks that held sherry or port, and put your distillate in them for twelve long, dry years. No peeking!
Voila! semi authentic scotch whiskey.
Don't get caught.
metalman.

twelve years, Man that is a long time. Can't we come out with a two week version.

When I saw this on one of the talking head shows,news,all the examples were beer and hard stuff. I thought that was interesting.

Raise the taxes on our hooch and some one will get rich by smuggling cheap hooch to our province. Bunch of ninnies running our asylum.

I've been buying my booze in Alta for years anyway.

If you go to one of the real Canadian Liquor stores in Alberta cities, you will find that spirits are much cheaper than B.C. Of course all good B.C. residents remit the pst as soon as they get home right? As for two week scotch: I think one of the brands already available, he spoke, is called Aqua Velva (Scots edition)
metalman.

I listened to the comments that were called in to CBC radio and read quite a few on this website. There are lots.

I think everyone is missing the adverse ramifications of the recommendations of this so called "expert" in Victoria.

In B.C. we already have the highest level of child poverty in Canada. Do you think for one minute that more groceries will be put on the table or more clothing bought for the already marginalized and impoverished children in this province with a higher tax on liquor? There will be fewer dollars for the necessitiesin life. Food and clothing!

The liquor will still be bought by people that want it and their children will suffer further.

Enough taxes already! I'm tired of the so called "experts" recommending more taxation for all social ills.

Look at how many alcoholics there are on the street that have lost everything.

This "expert" should have a good look at exactly what alcoholism is. Not more taxation as a cure all.

If our alcohol consumption were soooo bad for us and is such a concern, why not cut the foreplay and ban it outright? Because it's not bad for us, and they're skinning us on taxes.

This entire study is just a case for government to increase taxes. If they really cared about people they would have have studied the root causes of increased drinking.

Upping taxes on booze to ward off alcohol abuse is like legislating life imprisonment as a penalty for committing suicide.