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The Epidemiology of Alcohol Consumption in Spain

1988; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 34; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/002076408803400203

1741-2854

María E. Rodríguez, M. Douglas Anglin,

Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

This paper is a comprehensive review of the available information about alcohol con sumption in Spain. Alcohol use is the most severe drug problem among both young people and adults; almost half the Spanish population drink daily, and more than a fourth drink a quantity of alcohol sufficient to cause health problems in the long term. The consumption of alcohol may be considered to be culturally rooted when compared with other drug use which follows a more recent epidemic pattern. For those who use other drugs, for example cannabis and cocaine, alcohol is commonly used in conjunction. Clearly the level of alcohol use and abuse is high in Spain and constitutes a severe public health and socioeconomic problem.