DRUG ABUSE LEAPT AT FRIGHTENING RATE IN ARMENIA

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Arthur Potosyan, the head of the program of South Caucasus organizations having common goal of combating drug abuse, says the organizations’ network should intensify anti-drug propaganda targeting the most vulnerable strata of the society.

Figures given by law enforcement showed drug addicts are count from 10,000 to 20,000 in Armenia. Their overwhelming majority use hashish and marihuana.

Statistics says the most desperate situation is in Azerbaijan and Georgia. Armenia follows them. In Potosyan’s opinion, the situation is the same in these three republics.