THE PREVALENCE OF ALCOHOLISM IN LITHUANIA IS HUGE
- More than in Lithuania, alcohol use in only three countries
According to the sociologists dealing with the problems of alcoholism in Lithuania, the prevalence of this phenomenon is huge, the consequences are terrible, and wanting to be treated not so much…
Those who know how strong is the dependence on alcohol, there is no doubt about the importance submitted to the Seimas on proposals to allow trade in alcohol only in specialised shops, and to forbid to sell them at petrol stations.
Says doctor of social Sciences of Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University Ilona Tamourine working on a scientific study “System and means of assistance to persons suffering from dependence on alcohol,” in Lithuania, those who decided to be treated from the disease, indeed, is not easy, because at every step they are faced with temptations that are hard to resist.
“One of the experts asked: “Where a person suffering from alcohol addiction and decided to become sober, to buy bread and deal with alcohol?” Try to look around with the eyes of suffering from the disease of man – how can he be sober when his sight is always alcohol, ” says I. Tamourine. – Especially when the desire to drink alcohol is just a giant”.
If alcohol will be sold only in specialized stores, the man who came to the store for food, will face him closely, that will help him to resist its pernicious attraction.
It is clear why the above-mentioned proposals of the parliamentary Committee for health to restrict the place of sale of these drinks are not satisfied with the manufacturers of alcohol who call this process populism. By the way, as stated in the conclusions of the ongoing study, liberalized alcohol policy is not for the benefit and health of society, and in the interests of the alcohol industry. And when this policy change anything in society will not be easy.
