The World Health Organization reports that alcohol consumption and related problems have recently become more prevalent.
Statistics are displaying that developing countries have the biggest alcohol consumption problems in the world today. Since third world countries lack the kinds of alcoholism prevention and treatment programs of developed countries, it becomes more of an epidemic as years pass.
According to researches, over 1,8 million deaths per year occur around the globe due to alcoholism. An alarming proportion of those deaths, take place on the territories of the Russian Federation, and former countries of the Soviet Union. According to the World Health Organization, a consumption of alcohol greater to 8 liters of alcohol per person, per year poses an extreme health hazard. Russians consume an average of 15 (!) liters of alcohol per person , per year, which according to WHO contributes to the society's degradation.
Alcoholism can initiates problems which are not only health related. Violence, traffic accidents, alarming absenteeism rate of the workforce, shattering family units, prostitution and child neglect are all examples of underlying problems of alcoholism. Historically, Russians greatly suffered from exaggerated alcohol consumption. Nations of the North were always known to have lower physiological resistance to the effects of alcohol, which led to greater addiction to it. Just like some aboriginals of North America or citizens of Nordic countries, Russians quickly fell under the weight of alcoholism.
While the communists were in power, in order to try and rescue Russia from these problems, Lenin attempted to ban alcohol beverages in all forms, both making and drinking. Stalin quickly fixed this prohibition, so it ended up doing little good. Gorbachev attempted to pick the alcohol ban back up in 1985. A part of the plan was to aggressively promote soft drinks and non alcoholic beverages, and prices were increased three folds to decrease purchasing. However, this merely resulted in people ingesting other beverages that contained intoxicating ingredients, like ethanol or ethyl - colognes and solvents and the like - and "Samogon," a vodka-like chemical, was created for illegal sale.
The Russians began to dislike Mr. Gorbachev due to his efforts to curtail alcohol consumption. Gorbachev's efforts proved to be in vain when Yeltsin came to power and the USSR dissolved. It's not necessary to remind anyone of the drunken speeches Yeltsin gave as president when he spoke to the nation on New Year's Eve.
According to the CIA's annual report, Russians come in 162nd in terms of life expectancy. They live, on average, 66.3 years, which is the same as people living in Bhutan and New Guinea. The reason behind the low life expectancy rate among Russians is directly linked to alcoholism, but the Russians are also known for their mistrust to health items such as resveratrol vitamins, which does not contribute to the overall health of the nation.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome can be found in 17% of Russian babies in modern years. Since 1998, alcohol and beer have tripled in sales numbers, contributing to the already terrible situation. Advertisement of beer through television and billboards is increasing in frequency and these campaigns are usually targeted at young people.
It is sold as a tool of greater life appreciation, as a symbol of social ranking or personal strength - it is marketed as anything other, than what it really is: deadly poison of the nation. In my opinion Russian government needs to implement strong measures against popularization and advertisement of alcohol, and effective measures for treatment of the existing alcoholism problem.
Statistics are displaying that developing countries have the biggest alcohol consumption problems in the world today. Since third world countries lack the kinds of alcoholism prevention and treatment programs of developed countries, it becomes more of an epidemic as years pass.
According to researches, over 1,8 million deaths per year occur around the globe due to alcoholism. An alarming proportion of those deaths, take place on the territories of the Russian Federation, and former countries of the Soviet Union. According to the World Health Organization, a consumption of alcohol greater to 8 liters of alcohol per person, per year poses an extreme health hazard. Russians consume an average of 15 (!) liters of alcohol per person , per year, which according to WHO contributes to the society's degradation.
Alcoholism can initiates problems which are not only health related. Violence, traffic accidents, alarming absenteeism rate of the workforce, shattering family units, prostitution and child neglect are all examples of underlying problems of alcoholism. Historically, Russians greatly suffered from exaggerated alcohol consumption. Nations of the North were always known to have lower physiological resistance to the effects of alcohol, which led to greater addiction to it. Just like some aboriginals of North America or citizens of Nordic countries, Russians quickly fell under the weight of alcoholism.
While the communists were in power, in order to try and rescue Russia from these problems, Lenin attempted to ban alcohol beverages in all forms, both making and drinking. Stalin quickly fixed this prohibition, so it ended up doing little good. Gorbachev attempted to pick the alcohol ban back up in 1985. A part of the plan was to aggressively promote soft drinks and non alcoholic beverages, and prices were increased three folds to decrease purchasing. However, this merely resulted in people ingesting other beverages that contained intoxicating ingredients, like ethanol or ethyl - colognes and solvents and the like - and "Samogon," a vodka-like chemical, was created for illegal sale.
The Russians began to dislike Mr. Gorbachev due to his efforts to curtail alcohol consumption. Gorbachev's efforts proved to be in vain when Yeltsin came to power and the USSR dissolved. It's not necessary to remind anyone of the drunken speeches Yeltsin gave as president when he spoke to the nation on New Year's Eve.
According to the CIA's annual report, Russians come in 162nd in terms of life expectancy. They live, on average, 66.3 years, which is the same as people living in Bhutan and New Guinea. The reason behind the low life expectancy rate among Russians is directly linked to alcoholism, but the Russians are also known for their mistrust to health items such as resveratrol vitamins, which does not contribute to the overall health of the nation.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome can be found in 17% of Russian babies in modern years. Since 1998, alcohol and beer have tripled in sales numbers, contributing to the already terrible situation. Advertisement of beer through television and billboards is increasing in frequency and these campaigns are usually targeted at young people.
It is sold as a tool of greater life appreciation, as a symbol of social ranking or personal strength - it is marketed as anything other, than what it really is: deadly poison of the nation. In my opinion Russian government needs to implement strong measures against popularization and advertisement of alcohol, and effective measures for treatment of the existing alcoholism problem.
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