Media Advisory - Is smoking cannabis and driving the new drinking and driving? CAMH to release the 2013 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS)

Use of prescription and over-the-counter medications continues to be of concern

TORONTO, Dec. 4, 2013 /CNW/ - The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) will release the results of the 2013 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS) at a media conference on Wednesday, December 11.

During the 2012-13 school year, 10,272 students from across Ontario in grades 7 to 12 participated in the survey, administered by the Institute for Social Research at York University. OSDUHS is Canada's longest-running systematic study of alcohol and other drug use among youth, and one of the longest-running surveys in the world.

When:   Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Time:    10:00 a.m.

Where:  Multipurpose Room, 60 White Squirrel Way (at the western edge of CAMH's 1001 Queen St. West site near Dovercourt Road)

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, and one of the world's leading research centres in the field. CAMH combines clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion to help transform the lives of people affected by mental health and addiction issues.

CAMH is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, and is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre.

SOURCE: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

For further information, please contact Michael Torres, Media Relations, CAMH at [phone] or [email protected]