Replying to a message from Steven Horn 1:17/67 to Gord Hannah,

About Booze Prices, On Sun Aug 22 2004

 GH> Suffice it to say a much much different reason that I do not drink.

SH> not like the stuff. :-)

Simply put I am a souse, lush, drunk, alky.

SH> To bring this back on topic, the Yukon has a phenomenally high per
SH> capita alcohol consumption rate but other northern locales suffer
SH> from the same phenomenon.  Is it simply the long winters and the
SH> darkness?  


I wonder if this is also prevalent in comparable latitudes in the southern
hemisphere, if so there may be a correlation with the long winters and
darkness.

It could also be the isolation, or other ethnic or socio-economic factors.

Hope this helps.  Keep us posted.

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