Summary. As a part of the forensic and pharmaceutical researches concerning causes and conditions that lead to alcohol abuse it was important to conduct a study among patients with various education and qualification levels to determine is there a possible causal link. That’s why authors conducted a research among clinic patients with alcohol abuse using questionnaire to determine presence of a causal link between the degree of alcohol abuse and qualification level of the respondents. After analyze of the results it was possible to make a conclusion, that there is no causal link between the degree of alcohol abuse and qualification level among audited respondents. Therefore, made an assumption that more in-depth analysis is needed in the stated field.V. Shapovalov (Jr.)