[lbo-talk] let's argue about the cause of mental illness

[Chris Doss]

It didn't. Availability increased (I assume we are talking about post-1991 here). The USSR did not have all-night liquor stores (or all-night anything) or cheap alcohol. You could not just go out and buy booze. You had to stand in line for a couple of hours and spend a considerable amount of your monthly paycheck for your bottle.

--- On Thu, 8/27/09, Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher at gmail.com> wrote:


> Somebody Somebody <philos_case at yahoo.com>wrote:
> 
> > But, why did alcoholism start
> > going up in Russia to begin with?
> 
> 
> to the point.
>