Alcohol abuse is one of Canada's most serious health and social problems.
The costs to the Canadian economy are very high. These costs are quite high if you look at the total costs of substance abuse. The largest economic costs of substance abuse are for people missing work because of accidents, disease, people dying, direct health care, and police and other types of law enforcement. Death and injury Alcohol was linked to 6,701 people who died in 1992. Impaired driving is a major reason people die in motor vehicle accidents.