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  • 'I'm in Grade 8,' shouts the boy with the bottle (Child Alcoholism in Russia)

    11/22/2003 7:27:43 AM PST · by Loyalist · 5 replies · 454+ views
    Globe and Mail ^ | November 22, 2003 | Mark MacKinnon
    Russia's renown for alcohol abuse is greater than ever-- now even kids are knocking 'em back, MARK MacKINNON reports. With a Canadian-backed treatment centre admitting children as young as 8, public officials blame more than the great vodka tradition. Those beer ads work a little too well There's not much to see out the window on the train to Petushki, just endless rows of grey apartment blocks as the suburbs of Moscow roll by, and factories that are out of date, if not falling apart. Few riding the rails on a Thursday afternoon seem to notice. As the crowded electric...