In the regions/provinces outside the big cities though, there is still a lot or problem with alcohol "substitutes" and opiate usage akin to that of the U.S.
The main health crisis facing Russia right now is its: HIV Epidemic, which has skyrocketed in the past decade.
well, either all of the old(er) drinkers died, or bootlegging has supplanted legitimate alcohol sales.
could be either.
This is a good trend. Now they just need to start having more marriages & babies...as do we Americans & other Europeans & Japanese.
Good! More vodka for me.
Russian alcohol black market increases 79.999%.
I have a bridge for sale.
These were the only catalysts? It must have been one heck of an advertising/psyop campaign. We need one for Americanism.
When Russians abstain from alcohol and turn to sport, they do so in a particularly Russian way:
This seems more reasonable:
“According to Russia’s Federal State Statistics Service, consumption of alcohol in Russia has dropped from 18 liters per person in 2009 to 12 liters in 2016.”
Today I listened to a podcast about Russia from an English-speaking Latvian. He says that vodka consumption is down because Russians are switching to a bath oil called Boyaryshnik. It is a lot cheaper than liquor, is not subject to taxes, and the alcohol content ranges from 75 to 93 percent. But that doesn’t mean it is safe. 49 people died after drinking a batch from Irkutsk that was made with poisonous methyl alcohol by mistake.
Well if this is true, we should soon see a corresponding decrease in mortality rates and increased longevity. Good for them. They had some serious problems in the past with alcoholism. I’ve always avoided the hard stuff except an occasional margarita or tumbler of single malt whiskey (too expensive to do more than occasionally). So just beer, wine and mead for me for the most part. Never vodka. Others may disagree but I feel that vodka is a fast lane to alcoholism.
80%? Yeah, right.
......said the drunk Russian.
“” “” In the regions/provinces outside the big cities though, there is still a lot or problem with alcohol “substitutes” and opiate usage akin to that of the U.S.”” “”
What alcohol substitutions? Not to mention opiates are nearly non-existent now in Eastern Europe and nearly fully replaced with synthetic drugs.
“” “” The main health crisis facing Russia right now is its: HIV Epidemic, which has skyrocketed in the past decade.”” “”
The HIV epidemics is a result of heroine boom of late 1990s. People dying right now are the ones who injected drugs at the time. I am absolutely sure that the real number of new contractions are reduced and the reason for growing official number is more widespread diagnosis of these sickos.