Shopping, exercising, painkillers: Addiction doesn't need “hard things” - authorities warn. “You don’t necessarily need hard things,” says Sonja Schütz, who works in addiction prevention.
The health department's addiction prevention department deals with a wide range of addictions. It will reach 700 students in 2023, mostly seventh and eighth graders. Pubescent children are particularly at risk of succumbing to addictive substances, especially during puberty.