Social Welfare in Canada Assignment

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Social Welfare in Canada
SOCW-200B
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Introduction
Many adolescents have already been matured through the consumption of tobacco,
narcotics, or other things such as cigarettes. Some of these drugs just seek to avoid a few
days, whilst some can use them more often.
Adults will screen a variety of items, from caffeine, inhalants, and pharmaceutical and
over - the-counter medications, narcotics and tobacco, etc. We drink more alcohol than any
other substance. We are more likely than any other drug to consume alcohol and marijuana.
Analysis
Canada's low-risk drinking recommendations (LRDG) contain five guidelines and
other suggestions aimed at helping Canadians to reduce their chronic danger from alcohol. It
was introduced in November 2011 by the Canadian federal, provincial and territorial Health
Ministers (Rehm et al., 2007). In the backdrop of a 14% rise in alcohol intake per capita since
1996, the recommendations were drawn up, although there were specific standards in various
provinces and territories. The research literature has also been growing constantly, posing
major dangers and potential benefits from reduced rates of alcohol consumption. According
to the statistics, women drink up to two drinks a day, 10 a week and men take up to three a
day, fifteen a week. Females must not exceed three beverages and males shall not exceed four
beverages to restrict their access to acute alcohol damage in any event.
Overview
Liquor became embroiled in numerous kinds of societal tragedies in early Canada,
and several regions witnessed the ban on alcohol consumption and the development of
separate forms throughout the early 20th century (Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
&Pernanen, 2002). However, in the 1920s, several jurisdictions had altered their rules to
legalize alcoholic reselling, although only under some specific restrictions. This era of

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prohibition was not the perfect cure that many had wished for. In certain jurisdictions, only
specific government-run liquor shops can deal with alcohol, while many nations had only
beer as alcohol to be distributed in several sites.
Via the meta-analysis and program research, we learn that higher rates of alcohol
intake lead to lower health risks, especially cardiac attack, ischemic stroke, and diabetes.
Nevertheless, elevated alcohol rates pose a major risk factor for several medical problems,
including asthma, hepatic cirrhosis, tumours and severe risks such as injuries, assaults, and
suicides.
Effects of Alcohol Use:
In Short: toxicity, lack of recollection and killing, illness, crime, injuries, neglect of
partners, depression and drug contamination (overdose) death.
Sustainable: dependence on alcohol, decreased risk of many forms of cancer (e.g. mouth
cancer, stomach, kidney, breast, and digestive tract), emotional wellbeing (e.g. depression,
anxiety), socioeconomic difficulties (e.g. lack in income, homelessness, concerns of the
family) diabetes, cirrhosis, pancreas, low weight at birth, FASD).
Legal Status in Canada:
Canadian regions have also complex laws regulating whether and when drinks can be
offered. Mostly everybody in 24-hour shops such as malls and convenience stores opposes
the selling of liquor. Provinces usually enable citizens to make their beer and wine (but not to
market them), but distilling liquor without authorization is breaking the federal legislation
(Single et al.,1999).
In Canada, all illicit drugs such as opium, marijuana, LSD, and meth are banned. In
the fall of 2018, weed was approved in Canada for personal use. There are also stringent
regulations in principle that governs specifically when and how to purchase, distribute and
consume marijuana but it is not obvious how all of that should be implemented. Until 2018,

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the anti-pot regulation in Canada was poorly implemented and criminals were not always
properly prosecuted, particularly in major cities. The prescribing of marijuana by Canadians
has been legal for medicinal professionals since 2001, and the federal government approved
the legalization of private retail pharmacy weed in 2014— a move that contributed to a rise in
commercial cannabis shops, the bulk of which caused very hazy interpretations of
"medicinal" cannabis.
Use of Alcohol in Canada:
People in general (age 15+): 76.9 percent of Canadians aged 15 years and over
registered consuming alcohol at least once in the last year, based on the 2015 Canadian
Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CT ADRS) results. Since 2010 this amount is already
relatively constant (77.0%) Gender: CTADS reports that the percentage of men recorded
consuming alcohol in 2015 is greater than the registered women during the past year (81.3%
versus 72.7%). Since 2008 to 2015 alcohol intake has been stable.
Students (grades 7–12): The 2014-2015 CSTADS report shows that the average drug
usage rate for adolescents over the last 12 months is 39.5 percent (grades 7–12) (Newman,
2020).
Between men (39.0 percent) and women (40.0 percent), this figure is comparable
(Popova et al., 2017). The average age at start-up for young users is 13.5 years. For boys
(13.3 years) it's almost similar to women (13.6 years).
Adults (18/19 – 24): Among people aged 18 and 24 years old, smoking over the last
year was 82.8 percent and 77.8 percent among those was between the ages of 20 and 25.
Between people aged between 25 and 34 (91.4 percent), and women aged 17/18 to 24 (81.4
percent) smoking rate was highest.
Underage Drinking: