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S. Mironov: There are 4 million drug addicts in Russia

According to official data, about 4 million Russians use drugs, and there are 185 million drug addicts in the world, the head of the upper house, Sergei Mironov, announced today at a meeting of the scientific and expert council under the chairman of the Federation Council.

Director of the Center for Sociological Research of the Federal Education Agency Franz Sheregi reported in his speech that approximately 70% of Russian youth are informed about various types of drugs, and this figure has not changed over the past 3 years.

As for young people who regularly use drugs (2-3 times a week and more often), the situation is improving somewhat - since 2002, the share of hardened drug addicts has decreased by 15%. At the same time, the number of people trying drugs has increased by about 30% - in 2002 there were 5 million 400 thousand of them, and by 2004 their number had increased to 7 million. The share of young people who use drugs (2-3 times a month and more often) is approximately 4 million 200 thousand people, and by 2004 it had not changed. F. Sheregi explained that this concerns young people aged 11 to 24. He noted that due to the rise in drug prices, most young people "have turned to alcohol consumption, especially beer, and beer alcoholism has increased."

Expenditures on drugs among young people in 2004 amounted to $2.7 billion, expenses on alcohol - $2.5 billion, on tobacco - $2.6 billion. Thus, expenses on the purchase of “psychoactive substances” in 2004 increased by 17% compared to 2003. and amounted to $7.6 billion.

According to Vladimir Nikitov, head of the chamber's committee on science, culture, education, health care and ecology, drug addiction in Russia has now acquired the character of an epidemic. Thus, the incidence of drug addiction among teenagers is 1.5 times higher than among adults. Mortality from drug use has increased threefold over the past 5 years.

Also, over the past 10 years, the number of drug-related crimes in Russia has increased more than 15 times. According to V. Nikitov, one of the main reasons for the current situation is insufficient funding for border protection. Thus, 34 million rubles were allocated for the development of the Russian-Kazakh border in 2002-2004. "This is clearly not enough," the committee chairman said. He noted that Russia's southern borders, which are practically open to drug penetration from Central Asian countries, in particular Afghanistan, are of particular concern.

Let us recall that after the overthrow of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in December 2001, opium production in that country increased 20 times. In 2004, the total area of ​​opium poppy crops in Afghanistan reached a record high of 131 thousand hectares. Afghan supplies account for 87% of all opium in the world. The UN, the USA and Europe have repeatedly demanded that the country's leadership take decisive steps in the fight against drug production. At the same time, the US troops that have been in Afghanistan since 2001 have still not taken any measures to destroy these gigantic crops or at least limit opium production.

Last year, Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced the launch of a program to persuade Afghans to give up opium production and switch to grain cultivation. However, experts note that such measures are unlikely to produce any significant results, since drug producers in the country earn an estimated 2.3 billion euros a year.

rbc.ru

Edgar
04/21/2007
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