Alcohol Treatments

Health is finalizing, in coordination with the autonomous communities, a plan to prevent alcohol consumption among minors before the rise of binge drinking during the weekend and low perception people have of the risk of consuming the substance.

As explained by the Minister for Health and Social Policy, Trinidad Jimenez, although alcohol consumption has stabilized, minors who drink do so more intensively for several days, especially during weekends, “which means a serious risk to their health. ”

The proportion of students who say they have given a “binge” of alcohol over four days in the last month has increased nearly six points since 2006, says Health but has been interrupted the upward trend in the prevalence of other substances, reducing the consumption of cocaine, ecstasy, amphetamines and hallucinogens.

The responsibility for Health has indicated that remain concerned about the age at onset of alcohol consumption, which is kept between 12 and 13 years and has invested in measures to raise awareness, working with families, to raise the social perception of risk, together others use prevention campaigns.

For Jimenez, it is necessary to toughen laws governing the consumption of alcohol, prohibiting their sale to minors of 18 years, but that “we must comply with those already established.

The minister has chaired the conference manager for the National Drug Plan, which has transferred more than 28 million euros to the CCAA to carry out in 2010 on drug plans.

In addition, we have analyzed the 2009-2016 National Drug Strategy, which will run through two four-year action plans. The first Action Plan 2009-2012, contains 68 measures, of which over half will go towards reducing demand.

Tags: alcohol, alcohol disease, alcoholic, Alcoholism, Consumption in young, National Drug Plan