Essay from the year 2019 in the subject Health - Public Health, grade:
1,3, Hertie School of Governance, language: English, abstract: In
Germany, 99.0 million hectoliters of alcoholic beverages were sold in
the year of 2016. Although the per capita consumption of alcohol has
dropped in the last 40 years in Germany, compared internationally, it
continues to be one of the high-consumption countries in the world.
Addictions are societal challenges that require the interaction of all
social forces in the interest of the affected people. The essay tries to
consider the most critical governance challenges involved in tackling
the issue, looks at the possibly weakest points of existing
interventions vis-à-vis the problem and does a quick check of arguments
for and against delegating authority to the supranational level.