Coma drinker Hundreds of teenagers in the clinic

Dangerous Comasaufen: Numerous Teenagers come to the hospital

07/07/2013

Hundreds of teenagers land in Saxony-Anhalt each year for coma drinking in the hospital. Only a few adolescents see a danger.

Excessive alcohol consumption
According to the Federal Center for Health Education (BzgA), every year hundreds of young people end up in the hospitals of Saxony-Anhalt after excessive consumption of alcohol. A survey by the news agency dpa in the country's addiction services found that few adolescents see in the intoxicating drinks as a real danger. Experts would want to eliminate this misconception, but lack of personnel.

Colorful instead of blue
The problem of coma drinking is not limited to Saxony-Anhalt. In the new federal states, a total of 21,400 young people had drunk so badly in 2011 that they had to be cared for in a clinic. In 2010, the prevention campaign was launched „colorful instead of blue“ The DAK Health launched, where teenagers themselves admit color by giving posters against the „Binge drinking“ shape with young people. (Ad)

Image: Jorma Bork