“I think that any efforts to limit the circulation and availability of alcohol, no matter how undemocratic they may be, are important,” says Guntars Račs, a member of the board of the Latvian Book Publishers Association, musician, producer, in the TV24 program “Press Club”.
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He believes that alcoholism is a consequence of life as such. According to him, the level of well-being in Latvia goes hand in hand with alcohol consumption.
“Those mistakes must be corrected at the root. Basically, everything around us must be better. So globally.” It should be that there is no need to ban people from such things.
It has already been reported that alcohol consumption in Latvia has reached a level comparable to an epidemic, therefore ambitious and complex measures are urgently needed to significantly reduce this indicator.
The data of the study of the health habits of Latvian schoolchildren show that the proportion of girls who drink alcohol is increasing, exceeding the proportion of boys for the first time.
The data of the Emergency Medical Assistance Service for 2023 also show that the number of calls related to children who have consumed alcohol has increased. On the other hand, the data of the National Health Service show that the number of children with mental and behavioral disorders due to alcohol consumption who were treated for the first time in outpatient and inpatient settings has significantly increased.
In the assessment of the Ministry of Health (MoH), one of the important aspects, along with reducing the availability of alcohol, expanding prevention measures and providing treatment, is the aspect of education in schools.
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