Translation of "conseiller en toxicomanie et en alcoolisme " (French → English) :

· poor health, drug abuse and alcoholism,

74. Notes that in all Member States, alcohol and drug abuse can lead to crime, unemployment and social exclusion; notes further that poverty and social exclusion can lead to alcohol and drug abuse; considers it to be unacceptable that the only access to treatment and advice for many people is through the prison system and calls on the Member States to exchange best practices in order to enhance programmes to combat and treat that ...[+++] phenomenon;

Anyone, though, who listened attentively to the young people, heard them speak not only about such issues as education, lifelong learning, mobility, employment, social integration, anti-racism and the combating of xenophobia, but also about other important issues such as equality of opportunity for young women and young men, immigration, addiction to alcohol and other drugs as being important areas calling for action in Europe.

National plans for social inclusion were also drawn up, identifying a set of factors that considerably increase the risk of poverty and social exclusion, such as unemployment, especially long-term unemployment, low income, low-quality employment, lack of proper housing, unstable health, immigration, early school-leaving, gender inequality, discrimination and racism, disability, old age, family breakdown, drug addiction and alcoholism, and living in a highly disadvantaged area.

(5) The European Parliament, in its resolution of 19 November 1999 on the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on a European Union Action Plan to Combat Drugs (2000-2004), stated that ‘the abuse of drugs leads to biological, psychological and social problems, illnesses, problems in the home and at work, criminal acts, traffic accidents, etc.; [.] young people are being exposed to the risk of drugs at an increasingly early age; [.] all available means should be employed to protect the under-18s as a matter of priority and to reduce the number of drug-related deaths; [.] the fight against addiction to one or more drugs must go hand in hand with the figh ...[+++]t against alcoholism, whose impact on families and society is also particularly devastating’;

10. UNDERLINES that the problems of mental health are often linked to, among other factors, unemployment, social marginalisation and exclusion, homelessness and drug and alcohol abuse.