2013.12.17
In Belgium, Health Minister approved the “Alcohol Plan 2014-2018” in order to reduce alcohol consumption.That represents a problem especially for young people (between 15-24 years old) who abuse alcohol in 12% of cases. While ...
2013.08.05
In Belgium, beer becomes more expensive. The increase was agreed by the federal government, and was one of the measures to find extra cash to keep the budget on track. It's the first time ...
2012.07.25
Alcohol dependent patients have difficulties in identifying emotion in faces, voices and musical excerpts. Even after a long period of abstinence. This was revealed by a study conducted by a team of psychologists at ...
2012.02.17
Alcohol is worst than any drug. At least for nation’s coffers. Data said actually in Belgium the country spend almost €1 billion every year for tackling phenomenon of addictions and 57% of this amount ...
2011.11.22
Promoting shocking campaigns is really the best way to change the risky behavior of citizens? According to the Belgian Institute for Road Safety seems yes. In order to discourage young people from driving under ...
2011.09.14
One out of four Belgian student gets drunk at least once a week. Moreover one out of eight get drunk at least four times a week. These are the figures that emerge from some parallel investigations conducted at the Université catholique de Louvain(UCL).
2011.08.29
Belgian drivers placed last in Europe for alcohol and cannabis consumption. This is what raised from the Druid report (Driving Under the Influence of Drugs, alcohol and medicines) funded by the European Commission. Whereby, in the reign of Albert ...
2011.05.05
"Alcohol? It is not forbidden to talk about it”. With this slogan, the French-speaking Brabant Wallon region relaunch for the second consecutive year an initiative to fight alcohol among young Belgians. The campaign's main ...
2011.03.11
The alcohol quantity consumed by young Belgian is 22 glasses for week.
Compared to 2010, the consumption of wine and beer are unchanged, whereas it has increased that of breezer drinks (+14). The data have ...