The first national meeting on problematic digital spending and online betting

The Comprehensive Drug Policies Secretariat (SEDRONAR) organized the first national meeting on problematic digital consumption and online gambling, which brought together representatives from the country’s 24 jurisdictions.

“The intention was to create agreements on how we deal with and work on the problem and prevention with families and young people; and recover the voices of all actors, such as organizations, universities and the various institutions that deal with the issue,” said the Undersecretary of Care and Support, Silvia Pisano.

The officer said “if our children and young people are socialized and structure their subjects based on consumption, we will be in serious trouble at a national level and especially in each region. That is why this approach is interdisciplinary, transversal and committed from all areas, but with the leadership of SEDRONAR.

So that each province shares their knowledge and practices related to this problem, the meeting was held last Tuesday at the headquarters of the Secretariat of this State and will be held every month. The national director of SEDRONAR Drug Prevention and Care, Lorena Puchetti, was present; and the coordinator of Prevention in other community settings, Ana Giménez Rodríguez.

More than 100 people from mental health, prevention and problem drug use technical teams from the areas working on the issue also participated almost; of the Federal Council of Drugs (COFEDRO); and various Community Territorial Devices (DTC), which make up the SEDRONAR Federal Network.

Regarding this problem, the Chief of Staff of SEDRONAR, Facundo Prieto, and the Undersecretary Silvia Pisano announced on Tuesday, in a full session of the Chamber of Deputies, that this Secretariat is working on a bill for a way- comprehensive work on online gambling and problems. digital consumption.

The bill would include an immediate hotline and training activities, both in health and education departments in different areas, awareness and awareness campaigns regarding the issue, and workshops with the educational community and civil society organizations.

From the beginning of this administration, the head of SEDRONAR, Roberto Moro, warned that “this problem must be addressed and a comprehensive response given because online gambling and problematic digital consumption involve young people and the those under 18 years of age.”