The Epidemiology of Alcohol Consumption in Spain

Maria Elena Rodriguez and M. Douglas Anglin
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Maria Elena Rodriguez: Clinical Research Associate, University of California, Los Angeles, Drug Abuse Information and Monitoring Project, 1100 Glendon Avenue, Suite 763, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA.
M. Douglas Anglin: Adjunct Associate Professor of Medical Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Drug Abuse Information and Monitoring Project, 1100 Glendon Avenue, Suite 763, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA.

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 1988, vol. 34, issue 2, 102-111

Abstract: 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.

Date: 1988
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DOI: 10.1177/002076408803400203

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