Lhasa Beer Is Generating Alcoholism Across Tibet
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Lhasa Beer is yet another form of cultural oppression waged against Tibetans by the occupying communist Chinese regime. its mass production and ready availability is producing worrying levels of alcoholism among the Tibetan population. According to a 2008 field-study, in part conducted by Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College in London http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=20341938 the extent of alcohol related disorders has reached 31.6% for males and nearly 10 % for women. While a 2003 investigation recorded that “Alcohol use disorder was the most serious problem in Tibet with a point prevalence of 41.89‰ and a lifetime prevalence of 43.6%“. A number of associated mental health problems were also noted amongst those Tibetans examined with neuroses reaching a level of 26.7% and over 20% instance of anxiety related disorders.
Each bottle of Lhasa Beer bought in a store the USA benefits the communist Chinese regime in Tibet and enables the Lhasa Brewery Company Limited to expand production, which will have serious and damaging consequences for countless numbers of Tibetans.
