The consume of alcohol is permitted and widespread in several countries.
The scientific data however is clear: alcohol is cancerigene, neurotoxic, addictive, hepatotoxic.
If we add the behavioral effects: violence, car accidents and social disturbs..
The british medical association reported that there is no safe limit for alcohol consumption.
Is not unethical permit the alcohol propaganda??
In most EU countries it is forbidden to promote alcohol consumption. I would say that sustainable consumption, just like with for example sugar, is not that unhealthy. In fact in many countries, for example Mediterranean, wine consumption is a part of national culture. We did a study that might interest you: Croatian students and alcohol consumption - impllcations for social marketing, available in RG.
Mirna Leko Šimić
Dear Mirna,
Probably alcohol consumption is an cultural habit since primeval times. That does not mean it is good. Indeed, now is becoming clear its toxic effects:
Alcohol must be recognised as a drug
September 2018 BMJ (online) 362:k3944 Kypros Kypri Jim McCambridge
Alcohol is indeed a very powerful addictive drug. One only knows after exposed to consume.
There is a very strong financial interests in alcohol consumption and production.
I think we do not need wine or other alcoholic beverage to be healthy, happier or other good thing. I is tasteful, yes, to many, the same can be said with tobacco which is also a cultural habit among indians and became also in Europe after its introduction. Only in 50ies its carcinogenic effect was clearly demonstrated.
The same is happening with alcohol. There was at that time also a strong reaction of Tobacco industry.
I disagree with you that we have to propose moderate consumption.
The recent evidence points that there is no secure consumption of alcohol
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/23/no-healthy-level-of-alcohol-consumption-says-major-study
Interesting divulgation article with engish references reporting lower BDNF with alcohol comsume!!! Dangerous!!!!
https://www.cerveauetpsycho.fr/sd/neurosciences/alcool-et-cannabis-pourquoi-le-cerveau-des-ados-est-en-danger-14562.php?mc_cid=a7f0cd5e7c&mc_eid=5c5e0b9412
https://jornal.usp.br/atualidades/alcool-e-a-droga-psicoativa-que-mais-causa-dano-social/
Translated by google: A group from the Medical School of USP published the results of a survey on the association between alcohol and drug use with the occurrence of violent deaths. The work puts in numbers the data of this relation in the city of São Paulo. The finding is that consumption of alcohol, or at least one type of drug, is associated with more than half (55%) of violent deaths in the state capital between 2014 and 2015.
Gabriel Andreuccetti, a researcher at the Department of Legal Medicine at the Medical School of the University of São Paulo (USP) explains that what led him to this study was that Brazil had one of its worst public health problems in violent deaths. In the light of this situation, the Andreuccetti research group carried out an investigation of the relationship between the so-called violent deaths and the consumption of alcohol and illicit drugs. The world literature points out the relevance of this association, however, there is a lack of data in Brazil that supports public health strategies, which is exactly the objective of the research.
The researcher says that the intention was to make the first population-based study to give a dimension of the relationship studied in a city like São Paulo. This study occurred over 19 months and it was identified that more than half of the victims investigated had traces of alcohol and drugs in the blood at the time of their death, and that, of these, the majority were men between 18 and 50 years of age. These deaths occur because of several factors, says Andreuccetti, which can be traffic accidents, homicides, drownings, suicides and poisonings, among others.
The deaths are, according to the study, directly related to substance use; however, the relationship is not necessarily causal. These data also serve to assess the effectiveness of public policies on health or traffic, for example, and not for criminal analysis. Finally, the researcher says that alcohol is the psychoactive drug that causes more social harm in Brazil and the world, and that people have started drinking earlier and earlier. One consequence of this is that, with the exception of suicide, in all causes of death alcohol has always been the most commonly found substance. Another point discovered was that alcohol is more associated with deaths in traffic, and the presence of illicit drugs, such as cocaine and marijuana, prevailed in homicide cases.
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