Public Health and Regulatory Policies Section

Head: Dr. Juergen Rehm  & Dr. Benedikt Fischer

The Regulatory Policies and Legal Controls Unit focuses primarily on assessing the impact of policy and legal control initiatives and on conducting research on potential policy options for various levels of government. The majority of the policy research currently under investigation falls within the framework of harm reduction, an approach that has been endorsed by CAMH. The focus is on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, although mental health issues are beginning to be integrated into the research as well. Investigators in this unit represent a variety of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, criminology and epidemiology.

Recent, practical outputs of investigations have included the development and dissemination of low-risk drinking guidelines, best-advice papers related to policy (e.g., on drinking and driving, harm reduction) and the dissemination of research-based alcohol management policies for municipalities (MAPs).

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