Alcohol Abuse Around the World
Around the world alcohol, considered to be one of the most popular drugs that is consumed. The abuse of this drug, statistically, is constantly rising across the world. Over 2.5 million deaths occur each year alone just from alcohol abuse. I chose to do research on alcohol abuse compared to the total population in the following countries; The United States, Germany, and Spain. I will be discussing the percentage rates of alcohol abuse and some of the contributing factors that lead to this abuse, as well as the religious views of these countries.
The United States had the greatest population of abuse out of the three countries. With over 300 million people who had some sort of drug abuse with 14.9% having had an alcohol abuse compared to the other countries’ populations, meaning that almost 49 million people have alcohol abuse problems just in the United States, more than …show more content…
(World Health Organization.) Now this is a little strange because one would think that with the many tourists that come in and out of the country throughout the year and participate in many of the festivals such as Carnival, The Pamplona Bull run, and all the many late-night dancing and partying in dance clubs in Spain that there would be much more alcohol abuse. These festivals along with other special events are the contributing factors to alcohol abuse in Spain as well as the unending weekend nights that the country is becoming famous for where people can buy alcohol all night. Also the Spanish climate allows people to drink all year round along with the price of alcohol being so cheap. basically easy access to alcohol is a major contributor. (Gual, A. (2006). Alcohol in Spain: is it different?. Addiction, 101(8), 1073-1077./) Spain like Germany also has Catholicism as their main
Around the world alcohol, considered to be one of the most popular drugs that is consumed. The abuse of this drug, statistically, is constantly rising across the world. Over 2.5 million deaths occur each year alone just from alcohol abuse. I chose to do research on alcohol abuse compared to the total population in the following countries; The United States, Germany, and Spain. I will be discussing the percentage rates of alcohol abuse and some of the contributing factors that lead to this abuse, as well as the religious views of these countries.
The United States had the greatest population of abuse out of the three countries. With over 300 million people who had some sort of drug abuse with 14.9% having had an alcohol abuse compared to the other countries’ populations, meaning that almost 49 million people have alcohol abuse problems just in the United States, more than …show more content…
(World Health Organization.) Now this is a little strange because one would think that with the many tourists that come in and out of the country throughout the year and participate in many of the festivals such as Carnival, The Pamplona Bull run, and all the many late-night dancing and partying in dance clubs in Spain that there would be much more alcohol abuse. These festivals along with other special events are the contributing factors to alcohol abuse in Spain as well as the unending weekend nights that the country is becoming famous for where people can buy alcohol all night. Also the Spanish climate allows people to drink all year round along with the price of alcohol being so cheap. basically easy access to alcohol is a major contributor. (Gual, A. (2006). Alcohol in Spain: is it different?. Addiction, 101(8), 1073-1077./) Spain like Germany also has Catholicism as their main