Self-policing answer to public drinking problems

  • 2014-06-06
  • From wire reports, TALLINN
Starting July, amendments to the law enforcement law come into force in Estonia that allow people to consume alcohol in public places, but only if other people are not disturbed; the Justice Ministry said the changes are designed to reduce the amount of prohibitions and commands, and to shift more responsibility to the citizens themselves, reports Public Broadcasting.Justice Ministry Public Law Service Adviser Sander Pollumae explained on national television that the law no longer contains the general and absolute ban on consuming alcohol anywhere."In the law, it is rather...
 
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