Effectiveness of policy changes to reduce harm from unrecorded alcohol in Russia between 2005 and now

Consumption of unrecorded alcohol (alcohol that is not taxed and reflected in official statistics, but consumed as a beverage) has been identified as one of the main contributors to alcohol-attributable premature mortality in Russia. The problem was highlighted by a recent a mass poisoning with surrogate alcohol occurred in the Siberian city of Irkutsk.
Source: International Journal of Drug Policy - Category: Addiction Authors: Tags: Research paper Source Type: research