“The bill proposes to consolidate the powers of the regions to provide assistance to those who are in public places in a state of intoxication and have lost the ability to independently move or navigate in the environment. One of the measures will be the organization of specialized institutions to provide assistance while intoxicated, ”the State Duma website said in a statement.
In addition, State Duma deputies supported amendments to the law “On Police,” which would allow police officers to deliver alcohol intoxicated citizens not only to medical institutions, but also to detoxification centers.
It is assumed that before a citizen is placed in a detoxification center, he will have to undergo an examination by a medical professional.
In May, members of the Federation Council and State Duma deputies submitted a bill to the lower house of parliament to create a system of medical detoxification in the regions.
The State Duma Committee on the Federal Structure and Local Government Issues recommended the adoption of the bill in the first reading.
The chief psychiatrist-narcologist of the Ministry of Health Evgeny Bryun in a conversation with NSN spoke positively about this initiative.