Pretty worrying news.
The drinking habits of Irish people compare less favourably to other countries worldwide and our “reputation for heavy drinking is well deserved” according to the Global Drugs Survey for 2015.
Over 100,000 people took part in a survey carried out over the months of November and December of last year that covered people’s relationship with alcohol and both commonly used and not so commonly used drugs.
The nuggets of information regarding Ireland’s relationship with alcohol were both revealing and worrying.
The survey revealed, for example, that Ireland had higher rates of drinkers at risk of dependence than other countries surveyed.
It also found that Irish people reported needing to drink more alcohol than almost any other country to get as drunk as they wanted to be.
Interestingly, the survey also found that Irish people had the highest rates of getting drunk more often than they wanted to, of attending A&E and had the highest proportion of drinkers who want to drink less in the coming year.
You can read more on Irish people’s relationship with alcohol and drugs in the Global Drugs Survey here.
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