In the state Duma rejected the draft law which proposed to increase the age for legal purchase of alcohol under 21. Parliamentarians felt that to deal with the problem of alcoholism should not restrictions, and other measures. Russian parliamentarians refused to accept the amendments which have been proposed in the law "On state regulation of the alcohol market". The authors proposed to correct the text of that part of the document where it is written restrictions in retail sales of alcoholic beverages. Taking into account the opinion of the deputies, the state needs to raise the age after which residents can purchase alcohol from today's 18 to 21 years. In the protect document parliamentarians led a large amount of data acquired by sociologists, deputies reported that the increase in the age for legal purchase of alcohol will help to cope with the problem of alcoholism, especially among the young population of the state. Since entry to the state Duma this bill this initiative of parliamentarians supported the Public chamber, the legislatures of a number of Russian regions - Arkhangelsk, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Penza, Tula regions, the Crimea, Chechnya, Stavropol, Krasnodar, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk territories, the Yamano-Nenets Autonomous district. In addition, the Duma was made several similar bills from the other authors. But this document was never adopted. In the Committee on economic policy and entrepreneurship decided that the problem must be fought by other means. During the discussion of the initiative, the participants expressed the opinion that the doubt about the possibility of responsible decision making by the people, which the country gives up arms and permits you to elect the head of state and followers in the legislature, seems rather strange, informs RBC citing a source at the meeting. In addition, sounded the famous joke about the fact that in Russia at the age of 21 many are already "tied" with booze. As a result, the outcome of the discussion was negative decision by the Committee of the state Duma. "According to the article of the Civil code of Russia, civil rights may be restricted in accordance with Federal law and only to the extent that this is necessary for the defense of the fundamentals of the constitutional system, morality, health, rights and lawful interests of other persons, defense power and security of the country, marked on top of it all. - The problem of alcoholism in the population group and should be solved by other means". Moreover, the parliamentarians said that under other measures assume the limitation of place and time retail sales of alcohol, the use of social advertising and promoting a healthy lifestyle. Also increase the availability of sports and cultural facilities, job creation and economic employment of the population.