Toxicologist Concerned About Rising Alcoholism In Hungary
- 7 Mar 2016 12:35 AM
The number of alcoholics in Hungary could go up to one million from the current 800,000 within a couple of years, toxicologist Gábor Zacher said. Drinking as an issue affects almost all families one way or the other since there are 30,000 people who die of an alcohol related illness in the country each year and another 2.5 million are classified as “big drinkers”, consuming large amounts of alcohol, he told public television channel M1.
What qualifies a person as an alcoholic is not the amount consumed but the extent to which drinking interferes in day to day life as a habit, Zacher said.
What adds to the problem is that Hungary does not have a comprehensive strategy to combat alcoholism nor a psychological assistance programme aimed at prevention, he said.
The causes of alcoholism, as well as prescription drug addiction have deep roots in society and need to be addressed in prevention, Zacher told M1.
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