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Nordic ALCOHOL and DRUG policy network
NordAN
Latvia
Per Capita
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Consumption
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11.4
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(2019)
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In July 2019, the Ministry of Health proposed a plan that included a total ban on alcohol. Until now, it has remained a plan.
From September 2020, it became forbidden to sell alcohol in large plastic bottles.
As a reaction to Estonia`s tax cut in August 2019, Latvia decided also to reduce the taxes for strong alcohol by 15%.
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