Д.Медведев.Cнижение потребления алкоголя в России.12.08.09

Meeting on Measures to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in Russia.
August 12, 2009
Sochi

Начало совещания о мерах по снижению потребления алкоголя в России.
12 августа 2009 года
Сочи

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Colleagues,

As was agreed a while ago, we are meeting today in expanded format to discuss measures for fighting alcoholism. At the State Council meeting on youth policy we agreed to address this subject separately, in detail, and make the necessary decisions.

You know just how serious a problem alcoholism has become for our country. Frankly speaking, it has taken on the proportions of a national disaster. According to the Healthcare and Social Development Ministrys statistics, per capita alcohol consumption in Russia taking the whole population, including babies now stands at 18 litres of pure alcohol a year. You can calculate for yourselves how many bottles of vodka this means quite simply alarming. This is more than twice the level that the World Health Organisation defines as dangerous for peoples health and lives. Such a high level is quite simply a real threat to our countrys and peoples normal life.

We have taken various measures over these last years of course. Tighter rules on production and sale of alcoholic beverages were introduced, and significant restrictions were imposed on their advertising. Tougher penalties were introduced for drunk driving. But so far, we have not seen any real change in the situation. To be really honest, all of these efforts have had no real effect at all. Lets be up front about this. All they have done is brought some order to the situation.

Alcohol and alcohol surrogates are one of the main causes of our high mortality rate. Our demographic problems are also to a considerable extent linked to the alcohol consumption problem. We all know that alcoholism can cause incurable diseases, above all cardiovascular diseases. It is a cause of suicides, a factor in serious crimes, and also a cause of everyday accidents, of which we have far too many. Indeed, I think that around 80 percent of such accidents take place under the influence of alcohol.

We said at the recent meeting on road safety that drunk drivers were responsible for almost 5,000 road accidents over the first half of this year, killing or injuring 8,000 people. Take a hard look at this figure. Where else in the world do we see such a situation?

Alcohol also has a destructive impact on raising children. What kind of child-rearing can there be in such a situation? None at all. Add to this the fact that alcoholism breaks apart tens of thousands, probably even hundreds of thousands of families every year in our country, and we realise what kind of effect the breakdown of families has on the general microclimate.

Alcoholism also causes huge economic losses. These include the losses from lower labour productivity, damage from fires caused by drunkenness, and other economic costs. The list can go on.

We are realists, I hope, and we realise that alcoholism is a never-ending problem. It is not something that can be simply eradicated overnight, of course, but many countries have made efforts to tackle it. No matter what people say about it being too deep-rooted in our culture, about it being practically impossible to fight alcoholism in Russia, we must recognise that other countries, and you know them yourselves, have been successful in their efforts to address this issue.

Our own experience and that of other countries show that alcoholism can be addressed effectively only through systemic and long-term action. Naturally, this calls for a comprehensive approach. On the one hand, we need to introduce restrictive measures, and on the other hand, we need to carry out educational work, promote a normal, healthy lifestyle. The most important thing of all is to give people the desire and possibility of leading a normal, full, healthy and sober life. We all realise that this is possible only when people have normal living standards. You cannot defeat drunkenness in a poor country. We are aware of this fact. But rising living standards do not automatically lead to a fall in alcohol consumption, and sometimes even the reverse is true. In the 1990s, our living standards were lower, but objectively, we drank less.

I will say a few words about what I think are the priority measures to take.

Our first task should be to stop the rise in alcohol consumption among young people. This is absolutely essential. We know that the habit of drinking at every turn can quickly lead to serious alcohol dependence. The experts note that consumption of beer and low-alcohol beverages is on the rise among adolescents above all. According to the statistics at our disposal, a third of boys and 20 percent of girls consume such drinks every day or every second day.

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[Serix321]

А чё те кто сидят, слушают бумажки перебирают и вообще не слушают Медведя?

[7sdfgj]

12 Авг, 2009

Дмитрий Медведев утвердил перечень поручений Правительству по итогам совещания о мерах по снижению потребления алкоголя

Президент РФ Дмитрий Медведев поручил ограничить до 330 мл объем упаковок продаваемой в России слабоалкогольной продукции, сообщает пресс-служба Кремля. Это должно быть сделано до 1 декабря 2009 год

б) ограничить объем потребительских упаковок слабоалкогольных напитков до 330 мл;

Срок - 1 декабря 2009 г.

Ответственный: Путин В.В.

[MrFrikandell]

Да и вообще ЗАДОЛБАЛИ БУХАТЬ!

[TessKelly2010]

huso bored any guys want to rescue me

[carmel0717]

Sorry.....

[Luxasdfg]

алкаголь вне закона

тоесть как и другие наркотики такие как табак

[Luxasdfg]

алкашам не надо завидовать

и зависть это порок

[ViRUZx7]

Алкоголь и всякая шняга просто должны быть вычеркнуты из оборота.....просто жалко терять процент от прибыли на продаже.....бла бла бла и умные рожи

[ViRUZx7]

Пиздец. Все давно знают, что со второй мировой против России ведётся целенаправленная борьба. Алкоголоь, табак, нравственное разложение в виде МТВ, вечерних телешоу, рекламы алко.

[14SlavsUnited88]

иди нахуй быдло