translated from Spanish: Ximena Ossandón calls on government to decree Dry Law for the whole country

MeP Ximena Ossandón (RN) called on the Government to impose Dry Law throughout the country, considering that it is a product that is not of first need and that increases the symptoms of depression and anxiety, especially in situations of confinement and quarantine.
Ossandón, who a year ago presented a project to isolate alcohol sales gondolas in supermarkets and another to end the sale of liquor through the mobile applications (Delivery), accused that at such a delicate time as this you cannot continue to consume alcoholic beverages as if it were another staple food. “We all know that harmful alcohol consumption is associated with risks not only for drinkers, but also for others. A drunk person can endanger others through violent behaviors that affect their partners and even their children.”
On the point, former vice-president of the Junji stated that “yesterday Carabineros disclosed that there were 70 percent more domestic violence calls since quarantine departed and in many cases what acts as a connector is the alcohol that is another of the great pandemics we have in the world. Women’s minister Carolina Cuevas herself has been emphatically to say that the woman is being a big victim of this lockdown and it is obvious that the drug is acting as a catalyst,” she added.
The 12th arrondissement lawmaker argues that “we are in a total emergency situation and there are many people who go to supermarkets to buy beer or liquor for personal fun, even causing crowds that make no sense in this moment of isolation and social distance. Not to mention the deliveries that continue to sell right-handed and sinister alcohol, without us knowing for sure whether the sale is also making it to minors. In quarantined communes it is also very unfair that the loot and not the supermarkets or the delivery. It’s a total countersential,” he detailed.
The congresswoman, who represents among other communes Puente Alto, La Pintana and Florida, has already sent a letter to President Sebastián Piñera and Health Minister Jaime Mañalich, to put this issue on the table and also give priority to the mental health of people who these days seem to be delayed by the immediacy of the prevention of the virus.

Original source in Spanish

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