Rola samorządu terytorialnego w zakresie wychowania w trzeźwości i przeciwdziałania alkoholizmowi (część druga)

There is a positive aspect of the putting by legislator the wide tasks in the social sphere of upbringing in sobriety and counteracting alcoholism on the gminas. However it is a pity that with reference to poviat and regional self-governments legislator did not follow the idea of involving other levels of the self-government in performing these tasks, taking into consideration the peculiarity of poviat and regional self-governments. The Authors suggest, however, that there are explicit needs emerging in this area. Moreover, Authors formulate a large amount of criticism directed against the Act on upbringing in the sobriety and counteracting alcoholism as a legal act forming the basis for performing tasks of self-government units in the social sphere of upbringing in the sobriety and counteracting alcoholism. First and foremost, they indicate lack of precision, numerous legal loopholes and legislative chaos caused by subsequent legal amendments. Moreover, they emphasize lack of correlation with other acts concerning addictions and addicts, including the Act on counteracting the drug addiction. Thirdly, they show that imposing tasks of this sphere only to a small extent on the poviat self-government causes a breach in the system of reacting to social problems in which in other spheres poviat administration is significantly involved (e.g. welfare). Fourthly, they formulate a more general thesis that the legislator does not have a clear concept of the participation of the public administration, including territorial self-government, in solving and counteracting alcohol problems. It seems that a comprehensive analysis of the social sphere of the problem of addictions (including alcohol addictions) is the method for resolving this problem. Besides, one should consider formulating tasks for public administration (in particular territorial self-government) in one legal act, which may result in consolidating the actions of the administration in the struggle against so difficult and socially dangerous phenomenon of alcoholism and drug addiction.