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Czechs spend billions on drugs, alcohol, prostitutes
Category: Economy Published: 26 May 2014
Právo: Money spent on vice would cover pensions for nine months
Prague, May 26 (ČTK) — Roughly one-fifth of Czech households complain that they can hardly make ends meet, but Czechs spend annually 12 billion Kč on drugs, 93 billion on alcohol, 84 billion on tobacco products and over 4 billion on prostitutes, the daily Právo writes today.
Roughly 40 percent of Czech households say it would be a problem for them to pay an unexpected expense of 9,000 Kč, Právo writes.
Along with drugs, alcohol, cigarettes and paid sex, Czechs also spend plenty of money on various forms of betting. In 2012, Czechs spent 135.5 billion
Kč on it, but they received 103.7 billion Kč as wins, Právo writes.
The volume of bets rose by 6.9 percent compared with 2011, the daily writes, referring to the data from the Finance Ministry.
The money spent annually on drugs, alcohol and similar things would be sufficient to pay for all Czech old-age pensions for nine months, Právo writes.
A smoker who consumes daily a pack of cigarettes with an average price spends at least 25,000 Kč on this a year, it adds.
A daily dose of heroin costs 1,000-2,000 Kč. As a result, a heroin addict must gain about half a million crowns a year for the drug alone, Právo writes.
The average net annual salary is about 250,000 Kč in the Czech Republic, it adds.
Sociologists are of the view that easy access to such vices is to blame. Gambling rooms are situated in all major towns, drugs dealers frequently offer drugs near schools and alcohol is often cheaper than non-alcoholic beverages, Právo writes.
Experts say there are about 42,000 Czechs with a serious gambling addiction, it adds.
In addition, seemingly innocent computer games for children may evolve into pathological gambling, Právo warns.
The billions of crowns spent on alcohol, drugs and gambling must be gained by households somewhere. It may be either legally by work, but also by welfare benefits, moonlighting and theft, it adds.
Every field social worker confirms that a portion of welfare benefits ends in gambling machines, alcohol bottles and illegal drugs, Právo writes.
The money then lacks elsewhere, primarily in household expenditures on quality and healthy food, quality health care, education, culture, textbooks and clothes for children, it adds.
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Category: Economy Published: 26 May 2014
Právo: Money spent on vice would cover pensions for nine months
Prague, May 26 (ČTK) — Roughly one-fifth of Czech households complain that they can hardly make ends meet, but Czechs spend annually 12 billion Kč on drugs, 93 billion on alcohol, 84 billion on tobacco products and over 4 billion on prostitutes, the daily Právo writes today.
Roughly 40 percent of Czech households say it would be a problem for them to pay an unexpected expense of 9,000 Kč, Právo writes.
Along with drugs, alcohol, cigarettes and paid sex, Czechs also spend plenty of money on various forms of betting. In 2012, Czechs spent 135.5 billion
Kč on it, but they received 103.7 billion Kč as wins, Právo writes.
The volume of bets rose by 6.9 percent compared with 2011, the daily writes, referring to the data from the Finance Ministry.
The money spent annually on drugs, alcohol and similar things would be sufficient to pay for all Czech old-age pensions for nine months, Právo writes.
A smoker who consumes daily a pack of cigarettes with an average price spends at least 25,000 Kč on this a year, it adds.
A daily dose of heroin costs 1,000-2,000 Kč. As a result, a heroin addict must gain about half a million crowns a year for the drug alone, Právo writes.
The average net annual salary is about 250,000 Kč in the Czech Republic, it adds.
Sociologists are of the view that easy access to such vices is to blame. Gambling rooms are situated in all major towns, drugs dealers frequently offer drugs near schools and alcohol is often cheaper than non-alcoholic beverages, Právo writes.
Experts say there are about 42,000 Czechs with a serious gambling addiction, it adds.
In addition, seemingly innocent computer games for children may evolve into pathological gambling, Právo warns.
The billions of crowns spent on alcohol, drugs and gambling must be gained by households somewhere. It may be either legally by work, but also by welfare benefits, moonlighting and theft, it adds.
Every field social worker confirms that a portion of welfare benefits ends in gambling machines, alcohol bottles and illegal drugs, Právo writes.
The money then lacks elsewhere, primarily in household expenditures on quality and healthy food, quality health care, education, culture, textbooks and clothes for children, it adds.
Read more: http://www.praguepost.com/economy/3...ns-on-drugs-alcohol-prostitutes#ixzz32q0ANKiE
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