Russian anti-drug association to launch dedicated internet TV for addicts

RIA Novosti/Oleg Zoloto

RIA Novosti/Oleg Zoloto

The developers of the “Rehabilitation” web TV channel say their main aim is to show people with drug problems that they are not alone and help them to return to a drug-free life.

The chairman of the Russian National Association of
Rehabilitation Centers, Yuri Krupnov, said in comments to the
Izvestia daily that the new channel would broadcast round the
clock on the internet. The launch date is set for October 2015.
The activist added that his group had already spent 300,000
rubles ($6,000) on the project.

The head of one of the centers participating in the association,
Irina Kutyanova, told reporters that the new channel would be
staffed with journalists, psychologists, medics and clerics.
Specialists will share advice and also tell stories of people who
have successfully overcome drug addiction.

It is important that those who fight drug addiction
understand that they are not alone and that it is possible to get
a job after certain hardships in life are over
,” Kutyanova
said. Another example of real help will be advice to parents on
spotting signs of drug abuse by children.

The federal drug enforcement agency, the FKSN, told reporters
that the web TV project was a very timely idea. Several lawmakers
in Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, also
backed the project in press comments.

According to the FKSN, the number of Russians who use illegal
drugs is currently about 8 million.

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Russian government agencies and top officials have repeatedly
ruled out the legalization of any banned drugs. In September
2014, an FKSN spokesman told reporters that legalizing drugs
would inflict non-repairable damage to the nation and wouldn’t
happen in current conditions.

Before that, the head of the agency, Viktor Ivanov, told
reporters that smoking marijuana caused depression,
dissatisfaction with life and schizophrenia. He added that if
recreational use of cannabis was legalized it would create very
high security threats, as people would start operating
complicated and dangerous machinery while under the influence.

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