Young Portuguese people start drinking earlier and with more cases of severe drunkenness
The age at which young Portuguese people start drinking alcohol worsened in 2023, as did situations of severe drunkenness, high-risk consumption and dependence, according to a report released today.
The data is contained in the annual report on the country's situation regarding drugs and drug addiction and alcohol for the year 2023, from the Institute for Addictive Behaviors and Dependencies (ICAD), which is presented today at the Assembly of the Republic.
According to the document, which analyses data from 2022 and 2023, “there were worsenings in the age at which consumption began, the prevalence of recent and current consumption, severe drunkenness and high-risk/harmful consumption and dependence”, which reinforces “the trend of increasing dependence since 2012, which has almost quadrupled in ten years”.
The figures show that among 18-year-olds there was “a decrease in recent and current consumption in 2023” (they normally count data relating to the year and last consumption), although the values of severe drunkenness in the last two years (2022 and 2023) were the highest since 2015, the document highlights.
The report also highlights that the experience of problems related to alcohol consumption has, in the last three years, suffered “a significant increase” compared to the pre-pandemic years, with a worsening in women.
The age at which young Portuguese people start drinking alcohol worsened in 2023, as did situations of severe drunkenness, high-risk consumption and dependence, according to a report released today.
The data is contained in the annual report on the country's situation regarding drugs and drug addiction and alcohol for the year 2023, from the Institute for Addictive Behaviors and Dependencies (ICAD), which is presented today at the Assembly of the Republic.
According to the document, which analyses data from 2022 and 2023, “there were worsenings in the age at which consumption began, the prevalence of recent and current consumption, severe drunkenness and high-risk/harmful consumption and dependence”, which reinforces “the trend of increasing dependence since 2012, which has almost quadrupled in ten years”.
The figures show that among 18-year-olds there was “a decrease in recent and current consumption in 2023” (they normally count data relating to the year and last consumption), although the values of severe drunkenness in the last two years (2022 and 2023) were the highest since 2015, the document highlights.
The report also highlights that the experience of problems related to alcohol consumption has, in the last three years, suffered “a significant increase” compared to the pre-pandemic years, with a worsening in women.
The age at which young Portuguese people start drinking alcohol worsened in 2023, as did situations of severe drunkenness, high-risk consumption and dependence, according to a report released today.
The data is contained in the annual report on the country's situation regarding drugs and drug addiction and alcohol for the year 2023, from the Institute for Addictive Behaviors and Dependencies (ICAD), which is presented today at the Assembly of the Republic.
According to the document, which analyses data from 2022 and 2023, “there were worsenings in the age at which consumption began, the prevalence of recent and current consumption, severe drunkenness and high-risk/harmful consumption and dependence”, which reinforces “the trend of increasing dependence since 2012, which has almost quadrupled in ten years”.
The figures show that among 18-year-olds there was “a decrease in recent and current consumption in 2023” (they normally count data relating to the year and last consumption), although the values of severe drunkenness in the last two years (2022 and 2023) were the highest since 2015, the document highlights.
The report also highlights that the experience of problems related to alcohol consumption has, in the last three years, suffered “a significant increase” compared to the pre-pandemic years, with a worsening in women.
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