19 September, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA/. A bus with the inscription "Mom and Dad, stop drinking!" has appeared in Vitebsk, reports BELTA correspondent. A bus with poignant social advertising has started running on route No. 22 in the regional center. On the right side of the bus, near the middle doors, the unhappy eyes of a child look at the townspeople, and slightly above is the inscription: "Mom and Dad, stop drinking! I don't want to lose you!". Commenting on the appearance of this bus, the head of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Igor Evseev, emphasized that drunkenness and alcoholism are a huge social problem, and no one should remain indifferent in solving it. With the support of the management of bus depot No. 1, social advertising has been placed on a route bus that runs along the central streets of the city. In October, the Internal Affairs Directorate intends to launch a month-long campaign to combat drunkenness, and the head of the Internal Affairs Directorate hopes that organizations and citizens will join the campaign events. According to the Information and Public Relations Department of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Regional Executive Committee, every third crime in the region is committed while in a state of alcoholic intoxication. In everyday life, every sixth murder and every fourth grievous bodily harm are committed. -0-

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