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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Russia's chief doctor blasts new drink-drive law

08/07/2008

TOYAKO (Hokkaido), July 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's chief sanitary official criticized on Tuesday a new law that allows motorists to drive after drinking small amounts of alcohol.

"It is a crime. It is a dangerous decision for our country," Gennady Onishchenko told reporters on the sideline of the G8 summit currently being held on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.

The decree, which came into force on July 1, allows motorists to drive with alcohol levels of 0.03 grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood, equal to a 0.33 bottle of beer or 250-300 mls of wine drunk 15 minutes before a test.

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