On a burning topic

Kobrin → Outstanding persons → Alexey Mikhaylovich Martynov

In the Izvestiya newspaper for 7:08. of this year on the first and last strips two remarkable articles according to contents as if different and at the same time close on the general plan – genuine alarm for a state of health of the people are placed.

In the first the collective open letter directed to the President of the USSR to the Supreme Council of the USSR and mass media is commented by the eminent persons disturbed by growth of alcoholism and alcoholism kotoyory cause increase in accidents and traumatism, poor quality of work and damage of the equipment, strengthening of crime, catastrophic reduction of life expectancy, the most serious genetic consequences and falling of public morals.

The second article is devoted to narrow-mindedness of our sport which in a pursuit of prestigious medals started more important issue of mass physical culture. In it it is said that over a half of school students have deviations in a state of health. In recent years by 16 times the number of children with vegeto-vascular dystonia and by 5 times having obesity increased. Annual mortality of people of working-age makes Bol 500 thousand, and economic losses for these reasons – 70 billion.

Both articles are directly interconnected as very big percent of the negative phenomena is just in a varying degree connected with alcoholism.

This subject in connection with recent introduction of coupons at us on wineproducing products which if frankly does not encourage then as if legalizes a booze drew attention, bringing alcohol to the level of prime necessity. Only to imagine: zalegalizovano annual consumption of alcoholic drugs on soul of adult population of 48 bottles, according to the most conservative estimates for the sum up to 400 rubles! In this regard our national representatives immoderately showed a bit of generosity in comparison to the next Brest where the monthly portion is twice more modest.

Not only that for terrible "norms" are in addition released on the emergency everyday situations: the whole two boxes, i.e. 40 bottles of forty-degree moisture on commemoration whereas on a wedding several times it is more! What to be surprised to if recently even on farewell in army the familiar family got the same two "funeral" boxes...

And relatively so recently was considered shameful to drink for the normal woman at least a glass of vodka. For this purpose there were special light "ladies'" wines. Now at us nobody will be surprised by the woman fine podkhmelenny. The Soviet student cannot understand at all the Norwegian student who refuses to drink with him "for friendship" the stupefying bottle on that simple basis that "it, first, expensively, and secondly – is tasteless".

If several years ago tipsy law enforcement officers usyoluzhlivo picked up the citizen in "funnels", and from there forwarded on a comfortable state koyechka, then on similar rascals zero attention now. Besides, only within a short period of time I saw lying on the street several dead-drunk, besides one had serenely a rest in the square, near a cathedral, i.e. in only two hundred steps from GROVD. Whether it is worth being surprised to continuous messages in the press and on radio about number of severe accidents on roads and crimes, perfect in a state of intoxication. Whether in addition our authorized "butelk" will add fuel to the fire?

Exclamation of the nice young woman after receiving "drunk blocks" is remembered: To tear to hell these mean bumazhonka! However, it did not carry out the intention in hope for merchandising of coupons for something more tempting what it was told in the adopted resolution about.

There is the second month after obtaining coupons, however something is heard nothing about "substitutes". And here at insistance of the familiar old woman, vainly trying to get instant coffee, I tried to learn in a number of shops about a possibility of an exchange. Finally prompted that such operation is entrusted shop No. 25 on Pushkinskaya Street. In cafeteria of this shop it turned out that, on wineproducing coupons it is possible to receive candies, tea, meat stewed meat. Not densely! Really the management of a gorpishepromtorg could not show a bit of generosity on more extensive range, having offered at least instead of a bottle of vodka 2-3 kg of sugar or the same instant coffee?

And in general, why in "exchange collection" there have to be only food? It is unlikely alcoholic drinks enter category of nutritious means. Here, for example, in Minsk offer more than ten scarce manufactured goods products among which are called bed linen, the Zhuravinka juice extractors, import ladies' shoes and other. And on one vodka coupon the buyer can get goods on 15 rubles, on wine – on 10 rubles.

Here so not especially the situation in this regard at us hopefully is about what with a regret I inform our not drinking fellow citizens.
9.08.90

 



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