2014/1 - P. Deres, A. Domokos, Crimes committed under the influence of alcohol in the Hungarian criminal code’s general section

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Legislative evaluation and regulation of alcohol related situations have been permanent for a long time. Alcohol is a psychoactive material. Its harmfulness for health is known and this feature of it is a reasonably big burden on the Hungarian public health care. At the same time, consumer satisfying services are not considered to be criminal activities and even consuming itself is legal, not illegal. So being under the influence of alcohol (to be drunk) is not regulated by the legislatures in the field of criminal law, but crimes committed under the influence of alcohol are evaluated and sanctioned separately.