BINGE-DRINKING IN

CATALONIA

Cor de Maria School, Olot, Catalonia

INTRODUCTION:

• Binge – drinking by teenagers is a common problem in most countries.

• To know more about this, we conducted a survey among teenagers aged 13-19, and searched about what is being done by the government and town council.

1. Do you drink alcohol?

Yes, I doNo, I don't

Sometimes

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2. Where do you drink?

At homeIn the street

At parties

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3. How much do you drink?

A lotA little

Nothing

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4. How often do you drink?

Every time I go out I sometimes

drink when I go Out

Hardly everNever

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5. Who buys the alcohol?

Parents doI do

Friends do

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6. Have you ever had problems with alcohol?

Yes, I have

No, I haven't

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7. Have your parents ever found you drunk?

Yes, they have

No, they haven't

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8. Have you ever been to the hospital, as a results of drinking alcohol?

Yes, I have

No, I haven't

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9. When was your first alcoholic drink?

12-14 years15-17 years

18-19 years

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10. Do you think drinking is a big problem in your country?

Yes, it isNo, it isn't

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11. Why do you drink?

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WHAT IS BEING DONE

• Preventive campaigns by the government and town council, on TV, at schools, through brochures, etc. to raise awareness.• Students attend lectures and talks on this topic.• People get fined by binge-drinking in the street or by driving drunk.

CONCLUSIONS• Children begin to drink early.• Alcohol is easy to get, although this could be solved by applying the law.• Approx. half of the teenagers we interviewed drink when they go out with friends.• Teenagers drink because friends do, because they get bored or because they just like it.• Parents not always know the problem.• Legal actions should be stricter.