Citation

Neufeld M, Rehm J. Int. J. Drug Policy 2018; 54: 58-59.

Affiliation

Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 33 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2S1, Canada; Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TU Dresden, Chemnitzer Str. 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany; Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, CAMH, 250 College Street, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada; Institute of Medical Science (IMS), University of Toronto,Medical Sciences Building, 1 King's College Circle, Room 2374, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 250 College Street, 8th Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 1R8, Canada; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, 6th Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 3M7, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.11.013

PMID

29414486

Abstract

The following viewpoint updates on very recent developments regarding policies for unrecorded surrogate alcohol consumption in Russia. It is outlined how and why the current lack of an appropriate legal framework and poor enforcement of existing measures can potentially increase mortality among the most vulnerable populations of heavy drinkers.

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Language: en

Keywords

Alcohol policy; Alcohol surrogates; Availability; Prevention; Russia; Unrecorded alcohol