A step towards a safer, healthier community

Excerpt from Centre for Addiction and Mental Health report(1)

Many municipalities provide recreational facilities for their citizens to enjoy. But when alcohol is served on municipal property, problems can - and often do - occur.

Potential problems include:

• impaired driving
• injury and death
• underage drinking
• fights
• vandalism
• public intoxication.

Alcohol-related problems can lead to:

• costly lawsuits*
• financial liability for injuries or deaths*
• convictions and fines*
• loss of liquor licence privileges*
• a bad reputation for your community.

*According to Ontario's Liquor Licence Act, special occasion permit holders are responsible for the safety and sobriety of their event's participants.

Protect your citizens - and your community assets - with a Municipal Alcohol Policy.

1. Centre for Addiction & Mental Health.
A step toward a safer,healthier community: Municipal Alcohol Policy,
Toronto: Centre for Addiction & Mental Health. 2004