“I proposed introducing sobriety and health lessons in schools, and in universities a new discipline - sobriology - the science of sobering up society,” Burlyaev said in an interview with RT.

He explained that he considered catastrophic "the situation in the anti-alcohol policy of the state."

Earlier, Burlyaev raised the topic of combating the alcoholization of the population at the plenary session of the State Duma.

State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin instructed to check the implementation of the law banning the sale of alcohol near schools.

A corresponding instruction was given to the Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption.