Alcohol-related poisonings in Russia: Obfuscated facts

Journal Title: Journal of Addiction Therapy and Research - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 1

Abstract

The problem of the alcohol misuse in Russia is well known; but there is a tendency to exaggerate it, which seems to be used to disguise shortages of the healthcare and public assistance. In this way, responsibility for the relatively low life expectancy is shifted onto the patients, who are supposed to drink excessively. In parallel, there is a tendency to exaggerate successes of the anti-alcohol campaign (1985-1989) and to trivialize the harm caused by the campaign e.g. mass consumption of surrogates [1].

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Sergei V Jargin

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  • EP ID EP560432
  • DOI 10.29328/journal.jatr.1001005
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Sergei V Jargin (2018). Alcohol-related poisonings in Russia: Obfuscated facts. Journal of Addiction Therapy and Research, 2(1), 1-5. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-560432