Open AccessRESPONSIBLE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND EUROPEAN PUBLIC POLICY
Author(s) -
Călina-Ana Buţiu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
social research reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2067-5941
pISSN - 2066-6861
DOI - 10.33788/srr11.3.11
Subject(s) - consumption (sociology) , alcohol consumption , european union , public policy , abstinence , public economics , public health , alcohol , political science , environmental health , economics , economic policy , economic growth , sociology , medicine , social science , biology , law , biochemistry , nursing
The detrimental effects of alcohol consumption have been the subject of numerous research works from various fields, particularly due to its social impact. As part of public policy, alcohol consumption has frequently been included in national and supranational agendas and eliciting many research studies, reports and consumption reduction strategies. World Health Organization statistics-based reports name European countries as having among the highest levels of alcohol consumption and, while the reduction of it is a stated European Union policy-making objective, the conclusions of the studies are not easily discernible, and the practical results achieved so far, not that effective. In a world of abundance, excessive alcohol consumption remains a rather elusive problem of public policy, due to the complexity of its interactions with all of the biological, psychological and social environments. Many studies so far suggest that the right policy may not be complete abstinence, but rather an approach based on a responsible level of consumption.