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When young Swedes answer questions about alcohol, they seem to drink less than young Europeans in general. Stock Photography.
Young Swedes drink slightly less than young Europeans drink on average, while Danes are among the worst in the class.
However, young people perceive that it is relatively easy to get alcohol and drugs in Sweden.
Last year, 15- and 16-year-olds in Europe had to answer questions about alcohol, cigarette and drug use in the so-called Espad study, which is the largest of its kind in the world.
– In summary, it can be said that Sweden is below European countries and below the general average, says Anna Englund, a researcher at the Central Association for Information on Alcohol and Drugs (CAN), who presents the report from a perspective Swedish in a webcast.
Big differences
In Sweden, more than half of young people (58 percent) claim to have drunk alcohol at some point in their lives so far. The average in Europe is 79 percent. When asked if they had drunk in the past 30 days, almost half answered yes in Sweden than in all of Europe.
– We can take an example, an extreme one: in the Czech Republic, 95 percent of students had consumed alcohol. In Denmark, consumption is also quite high, says researcher Johan Svensson at the CAN presentation.
Four out of ten young Danes judge for themselves that they have been drunk in the last 30 days. Almost all respondents (95 percent) of Danes feel that alcohol is fairly easy to get.
– The aim of this is to show the great variations that exist in Europe, says Svensson.
In Denmark, people drink more at a time and also seem to start earlier. Almost three times as many young Danes as Swedes had drunk alcohol before age 13, according to the survey results.
I think you can buy
While young Swedes seem to abstain from drinking to a greater extent than their counterparts in other countries, many feel it is easy to get both, if desired.
The perception that cigarettes, ecstasy, amphetamines and cocaine are readily available is more widespread in Sweden than in many other countries. However, they are the students’ own impressions and are therefore not necessarily based on actual experiences.
In the study, Iceland appears to be the best of its kind in several areas.
Young people smoke more in Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania. Italy also smokes more cannabis among the youth of the Union.
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