If You Were Thinking About Going to Turkmenistan, Don't Bother, They Just Banned Alcohol

They must have been drunk when they made this decision.

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The national week of "Health and Happiness" is just on the horizon for Turkmenistan, but due to a recent order by authorities, it doesn't look like it's going to be a happy week at all. Shopkeepers have apparently been ordered to remove all alcohol from their shelves just in time for the official celebrations, and keep them there until the celebrations are over.

According to the Washington Post:

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Officials were totally drunk when they made this decision, right? 

[via Gawker]

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