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June 26th, 2014 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
The number of people abusing drugs has stopped growing in Russia for the first time in many years, the head of the Federal Drug Control Service said in a press interview.
Viktor Ivanov told the Russian government’s daily Rossiiskaya
Gazeta that although it was too early to claim victory over
drugs, it was absolutely clear that the growth of addiction among
the population has stopped. The interview was published in
connection with the International Day Against Drug Abuse and
Illegal Trafficking held on June 26.
The official noted that until recently the number of illegal drug
users in the country was rapidly growing – by three and a half
million people in five years – and the number of drug-related
death was also increasing by 5000-6000 annually. Today, although
the figure remains scary at about 100,000 every year, growth has
ceased, Ivanov told the newspaper.
Another positive tendency, according to Ivanov, was the
burgeoning number of addicts who have voluntarily agreed to
undergo treatment.
At the same time, the number of illegal drugs imported into
Russia is on the rise, he said. According to the agency’s
estimations, criminals smuggled about 30 tons of pure heroin into
the country over the past year, or over 100 million doses.
The supply of designer drugs, cocaine and methadone, was also
increasing, especially with the latter that comes from Ukraine
where replacement therapy is legal. Russia does not allow it and
Ivanov has repeatedly voiced his strong opposition to any sort of
legalization.
In the interview, he reiterated this stance, saying that while
Western officials such as US President Barak Obama were giving
signals on taking steps towards legalization, some criminal
syndicates, such as Japan’s Yamaguchi-gumi, are encouraging the
public to start a joint fight against illegal drugs.
Ivanov acknowledged that modern society’s efforts to deal with
this evil were stalled. Despite various international conventions
calling to cut the crops of opium poppy, coca plants and
cannabis, the area of these crops has grown two-fold over recent
years. The UN-approved anti-drug memorandums seem right, but they
are obsolete as they only describe some general approach to the
problem, he said.
According to the Russian anti-drug boss, the best way to fight
the problem is to address the social base from where the addicts
usually come. However, presently very little is done in Russia in
this direction and the state refuses to finance such programs, he
complained.
The head of the Federal Drug Control Service also said that the
recent cooling in relations between Russia and the US has not yet
seriously affected the mutual anti-drug efforts. “Our service
is still taking part in all international anti-drug forums. We
are participating in a great number of joint operations together
with our foreign colleagues. In central Asia we are currently
involved in 50 such operations,” he said.
Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/168556-russia-drugs-addiction-victory/
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