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The book deals with one of the great scourges of humanity: alcoholism. The focus is on Russia since 1970, but the subject matter is significant in a global context. As such the book should be interesting to experts in medicine and toxicology, social workers, students of anthropology, sociology, and history: a broad base of readers. There has been a tendency to exaggerate the topic used to veil shortcomings of the health care system in Russia, with responsibility for the relatively low life expectancy especially in males shifted onto people, that is, self-inflicted diseases caused by alcohol abuse. Besides, the purpose of this book is to draw attention to the unstable quality of legally sold beverages, which have caused poisonings up to lethality, even after consumption of moderate doses, crime against alcoholics and people with alcohol-related dementia; it is aimed at appropriation of their immobile and other properties, and overtreatment of alcoholics in medical institutions.
