The Ministry of Health published on 26 March the results of the drug and addiction survey conducted at the end of 2020. It is a survey conducted between November and December to 8,780 people, of whom 3,961 are appointed men and 3,925 are appointed women.

According to this survey, the only drug use that has increased is the use of over-the-counter sleeping pills during the pandemic: 1.9 per cent were reserved prior to the pandemic and 3.4 per cent in the pandemic. Women are the ones who take the most sleeping pills, 4% in total, while by age it is women who take the most sleeping pills in each age group.

You drink less alcohol and smoke less cigarettes

In the survey, respondents indicated that alcohol consumption has decreased during the pandemic, from 62% to 57.3% of the population. Young people are the ones who have most reduced their alcohol consumption: In the case of persons aged 15 to 24 years, 73.1 per cent of designated men drank before the pandemic and 64.6 per cent during the pandemic; among designated young women, 71.3 per cent drank before the pandemic and 58.4 per cent drank after the pandemic.

Regarding alcohol consumption habits, daily consumption has remained stable, but drunkenness has declined, with 17.2% of cases of intoxication prior to the pandemic and 9.7% during the pandemic.

Daily tobacco use has also declined during the pandemic. In total, 32.3% to 23.4%.