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Russia: Heroin and a Bleak Demographic Picture
Mar 12, 2009 | 11:05 GMT
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Summary
The head of Russia's anti-narcotics service said March 11 that the country is now the world's largest consumer of heroin. Russia is already facing a demographic crisis as birth rates continue falling and AIDS, alcohol and drugs take their toll on the country's population. The spread of heroin use will only make matters worse, and the flow of the drug into Russia is nearly impossible to stop.
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