WHERE TO EAT OUT THIS WEEKEND IN MAJORCA: SEE INSIDE TODAY

Saturday, March 27 2021 1.20€ · Founded 1962 · N.17486 · Passeig de Mallorca 9 A, Palma 07011 Cheers to Brendan Cole on Majorca Spaniards cut b Former star comes out in support of local bars and back on drink, restaurants. took more sedatives during pandemic, says

Brendan Cole on the Borne in Palma this week. study PHOTO:INSTAGRAM.

Palma.—Local bar and cial ruin at the moment paniards cut back on alco- crease in the abusive use of alco- The study did not spell out the restaurant owners will because of the Covid re- hol and almost halved hol by youngsters,” Health Minis- reasons. “Some say our country is be raising a glass to for- strictions. From yester- their binge-drinking dur- ter Carolina Darias said after the over-medicated ... and though the mer Strictly Come Danc- day they were unable to ing the pandemic as the figures were released. majority are prescribed, the ille- ing star Brendan Cole open their interiors and S who has a home on Ma- numbers are restricted lockdown shuttered bars and Around 9.7% of the respondents gitimate use of sedatives among nightclubs, a survey by Spain’s Ob- said they engaged in binge-drink- women has increased,” Joan Vil- jorca. on terraces. servatory for Drugs and Addiction ing, down from 17.2% before the lalbi, who leads Spain’s National He said in a post on his His comments have found yesterday. lockdown. A similar decrease was Drug Plan, told a news conference. Instagram page: “Beauti- been slammed by some At the same time, the consump- seen among younger people. The time spent browsing the ful day in #Mallorca. in Britain who accused tion of unprescribed sedatives in- Almost 22% of the survey of internet for leisure - rather than Lovely to finally be able to him of being ‘selfish’ for creased and internet use jumped, 9,000 people across Spain said work or education - increased by support bars and restau- ‘bragging’ about enjoy- as people spent more of their lei- they had cut back on drinking, an average of an hour daily. More rants devastated by ridicu- ing his time abroad while sure time browsing, and more against 3.3% who said they had in- than two in five people said their lous and unfair closures.” many were still enduring youngsters turned to online gam- creased. The rest were largely un- personal use of internet had Many local bars and res- touch lockdown restric- bling, the survey showed. changed. grown since the pandemic struck. taurants are facing finan- tions in Britain. Spain began its first stringent The proportion of people saying There was also a worrying rise in lockdown in March last year, as they consumed sedatives not pre- 15-24 year-olds’ betting online, the first wave of infections swept scribed by a doctor grew to 3.1% Villalbi said. British teenager across the country and much of from 1.9% before the pandemic. But cannabis use fell across the Europe. There was an even sharper rise board, he added, as border closures “The limiting of nightlife and lei- among women and girls in the Ob- made cannabis harder to find and found safe and well sure environments almost cer- servatory’s survey - 4%, up from more expensive, dissuading some tainly contributed to the great de- 2.3%. casual users. in Palma: Inside