As is known, late on Saturday evening, the now former Minister of Welfare, Reinis Uzulnieks, was detained and placed in a holding cell. During the initial check, the breathalyzer recorded 3.5 promille! Then the check confirmed 3 promille. But that is still very, very high! "Three promille indicates that alcohol has likely been consumed over a long period of time. This is a lot. But it means that if a person with such a high promille can still drive a car, then this is prolonged alcohol consumption. And this illness has dragged on," said Maris Taube, the head of the Veldre outpatient center at the National Center for Mental Health, in an interview with the Latvian TV program Panorāma. And it is precisely the intoxication that also hinders understanding and assessing what the person is doing. It is clear that those who get drunk to such an extent require treatment, as this is already alcoholism.
