According to a report by ITAR-TASS Agency, 40,000 people die of alcohol poisoning in Russia annually. It was stated by the first Deputy Interior Minister, Alexander Chekalin at State Duma meeting.
He pointed out that one in five crimes in the country are alcohol-related. Alcoholism is one of the reasons for a growing number of homeless and parentless children, he said.
Chekalin pointed out that alcohol consumption per person increases two-fold a threshold level set by the World Health Organization.
“Over the past 30 years, the share of women alcohol addicts doubled and the age of young alcoholics reduced from 16 to 14 years,” ITAR-TASS quoted Chekalin as saying.
