Public Opinion, Attitudes and Knowledge - A National Survey of Canadians' Use of Alcohol and Other Drugs - Canadian Addiction Survey (CAS)

Errata - Acknowledgements

The Canadian Addiction Survey (CAS) is a collaborative initiative sponsored by Health Canada, the Canadian Executive Council on Addictions (CECA) -- which includes the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA), the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC), the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (AFM), the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), the Prince Edward Island Provincial Health Services Authority, and the Kaiser Foundation -- the Centre for Addictions Research of BC (CAR-BC), and the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and British Columbia.

Report prepared by Stéphane Racine, M.Ps., Senior Research Analyst, Jillian Flight, M.A., Research Analyst, Office of Research and Surveillance, Drug Strategy and Controlled Substances Programme, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada and Edward Sawka, M.A., Director, National Research Coordination, AADAC Research Services, Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission.

The contributions of the following people and organizations are gratefully acknowledged.

Canadian Addiction Survey Research Advisory Team
(west to east):
Ed Sawka, Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC); David Patton, Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (AFM); Ed Adlaf, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH); Juergen Rehm, CAMH; Anca Ialomiteanu, CAMH; Patricia Begin, Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA); Eric Single, CCSA; Stéphane Racine, Health Canada; Robert Hanson, Health Canada; Florence Kellner, Carleton University; Andrée Demers, University of Montreal; Christiane Poulin, Dalhousie University.

Financial and in-kind contributions
(alphabetical order):
AADAC, AFM, CAMH, CCSA, Health Canada and the provinces of British Columbia, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

Special thanks go to Gerald Thomas, Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, Kathy Huebert and Christie Malcolm, Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission, for ongoing support and review of drafts and recommendations for improvement. To Ed Adlaf and Anca Ialomiteanu, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, for training and support on use of the STATA statistical software package. Thanks also go to members of the CAS Research Advisory Team for revision.