Modern issues with alcohol started in 1960s, when the Soviet government decided they want to cash in on that "drunk money", and started to promote "moderate drinking", where chugging vodka by the bottle is not okay, but couple glasses of wine or mugs of beer after work is good for you, and certainly won't turn you into an alcoholic.
This continued into the 80s, when alcohol consumption rose up to 10-12 liters per capita, and together with that came rise of violent crime, workplace accidents, diseases, birth rates plummeted, worker productivity fell drastically.
In 1985, when Soviet Premier Nikita Gorbachev tried to enact a "dry law" which drastically limited alcohol production and sale, it was too late.
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