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Abstract
Four First Nation communities in Ontario, Canada, formulated alcohol management policies between 1992 and 1994. An alcohol management policy is a local control option to manage alcohol use in recreation and leisure areas. Survey results indicate that decreases in alcohol use–related problems related to intoxication, nuisance behaviors, criminal activity, liquor license violations, and personal harm were perceived to have occurred. Furthermore, having policy regulations in place did not have an adverse effect on facility rentals. Band administrators and facility staff in each community felt the policy had had a positive effect on events at which alcohol was sold or served.
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†The journal's style utilizes the category substance abuse as a diagnostic category. Substances are used or misused; living organisms are and can be abused. Editor's note.
1. Alcohol management policies are based on the premise that alcohol consumption is a reality and that communities can manage its use so that harms to individuals and communities are reduced. It is based on the concept of harm reduction and had its origins with the development of municipal alcohol policies.
2. Monitor the policy. Criteria for assessing whether the policies are being implemented and enforced are provided to the community, as well as consumer satisfaction questionnaires that gauge the satisfaction of event participants with these policies.
3. The study was approved by the Addiction Research Foundation ethics committee, which was, at the time, part of the ethics review process at the University of Toronto.