Not a drop of alcohol for a month is the concept of Dry January imported from the United Kingdom for several years. An initiative not officially supported by the French authorities. For what ? Alcohol is responsible for 49,000 deaths per year in the country, according to the Ministry of Health: is France neglecting this scourge? Is wine seen as a source of cultural pride rather than a potential danger?
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Alcohol: are the French public authorities lax?
