Is drinking profiled or focused on in foreign countries, like it is in the United States?

%26gt; If that's not proper phraseology, then putting it plainly,





%26gt; does alcohol get the amount of attention on a cultural,





%26gt; social, and a media level as it does in America?





%26gt; I've done plenty of personal research,


%26gt; but don't have a clue.

Is drinking profiled or focused on in foreign countries, like it is in the United States?
Russia has a major alcohol problem they are trying to address.