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Case example 2: Venezuela“Corn liquor is consumed by an indigenous tribe in Venezuela. Several times each year, especially during the corn harvest season, the trunk of a large tree would be hollowed out and filled with corn mash by an individual specially chosen by the community. The corn mash would be allowed to ferment to create an alcoholic beverage with a high enough alcohol content to cause intoxication after consumption of only two glasses or gourdfuls. When the corn liquor is ready, a village festival would be held in which all adults would drink to the point of falling down. Men would typically bring their bows and arrows and fight to settle grudges. Festivals would end after two or three days, when the corn liquor ran out. There were rarely individuals who consumed alcoholic beverages at times other than festival celebrations. Source: Seale et al. (2002)” Source & © WHO Related publication:
Other Figures & Tables on this publication: Table 4: Top 20 countries with highest beverage-specific adult per capita [APC] consumption Table 6: Rate of last year abstainers among the adult population Table 7: Heavy drinkers among the adult population Table 8: Heavy episodic drinkers among the adult population Table 9: Alcohol dependence among adult population Table 10: Heavy episodic drinkers among youths Table 11: Heavy episodic drinkers among young adults aged 18-24 years old Table 21 [bis]: Social and economic costs of alcohol abuse for selected countries Figure 5: Global disease burden (in DALYs) in 2001 from alcohol use disorders, by age group and sex Figure 6: Global deaths in 2001 from alcohol use disorders, by age group and sex Footnote on the meaning of "adults" Table 3: Total recorded alcohol per capita consumption (15+) |
