About 5% of the world's population aged 15 to 64 are drug addicts. And this is despite the fact that
that, according to the UN, the situation with drug consumption has recently worsened
The West has changed for the better. However, this does not concern Russia - in our country
Drug addiction has reached epidemic proportions.
Saturday, June 26th has been declared International Day Against Substance Abuse
drugs and their illegal trafficking. This year, its slogan is
slogan “Drug addiction: treatment produces results,” said UN Secretary General Kofi
Annan. At the same time, the statistics cited in the report dedicated to this day
Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Antonio Maria
Kosty, on the contrary, shows that the world will not get rid of this habit anytime soon.
According to the report, in total, about 185 million people abuse drugs -
that is, approximately 3% of the world's total population or 4.7% of the population aged 15 to 64
years.
According to the study, the most widely used drug on Earth remains
cannabis - consumed by approximately 150 million people. Stimulants are in second place
amphetamine series - they are preferred by about 38 million people. The most harmful, if
Judging by the demand for the services of narcologists, opiates are.
In addition, research shows that every US dollar invested in
treatment reduces the cost of drug-related crimes by
$4-7. However, even under the most favorable conditions, only 50% of adults who
need help, actually receive it. Teenagers are covered by drug addiction help
even less: in some countries, only 20% of young people receive it.
True, as Interfax reports, the World Drug Report, published
in Moscow on Friday, it is noted that at present for the first time there is "some
improvement in the global drug consumption situation: after a period of intensive growth
drug abuse has seen a relative decline in rates over the past 50 years
their distribution." According to Costa, over the past 12 months, drugs have been used
less than one adult in 30 people. In addition, UN experts draw attention to the fact that
the fact that the number of tobacco users in the world is seven times greater than the number of drug addicts
and makes up about 30% of the world's population - that is, approximately 1.3 billion people. And
if in the last year from diseases associated with tobacco use in the world
5 million people died, and 2.5 million people died from alcoholism, and from drugs -
only 250 thousand people. Particularly impressive was the reduction in mortality from
drugs over the past two to three years in Western Europe, where the decline has been 20%.
Unlike Western Europe, the drug problem in Russia has recently become
nature of the epidemic.
As RIA Novosti reports with reference to the director of the Federal Drug Control Service
Russia (FSN) Viktor Cherkesov, the number of drug addicts in our country for
has increased more than ninefold over the last 10 years. Of particular concern is
the spread of drug addiction among young people: two thirds of Russian drug addicts, according to
According to statistics cited by Cherkesov, these are young people under 30 years of age.
According to Cherkesov, in 2003 alone, there were 1,000 cases of drug addiction in Russian drug treatment facilities
There are about 4 thousand registered patients, and the total number of drug users
is estimated in millions.
There are no more accurate statistics on the spread of drug addiction in Russia. However,
According to FSB experts, there were at least 3-3.5 million in Russia last year
drug addicts and drug dependents.
But no matter how hard law enforcement agencies fight the spread of drug addiction,
it is unlikely that this disease will ever be completely defeated - the profit from
illegal drug transactions range from 300% to 2000%, and today's global
the drug industry turnover reaches between $600 billion and $1 trillion per year. And from such
income is not simply refused.
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