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July 30, 2005
Afghan Heroin Reportedly Taking Toll On Russia
Viktor Khvorostyan, head of the Moscow section of the Federal Narcotics Service, told the Moskovskiye Novosti weekly that, "In recent years the flow [of heroin] from Afghanistan has strengthened," the Reuters wire service reported July 29, 2005.
"I would call this narco-aggression," he said. "Almost all the heroin used in the capital comes from there. The flow is so great that you can talk about a threat to national security,"
Mr. Khvorostyan said, "This is catastrophic. In the last year in Russia around half a million drug addicts were registered. But in reality there are many more." Here's more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at July 30, 2005 09:50 PM
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